2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Hydrology & Water Resources Science is the 840th most popular major in the country with 221 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 3 hydrology and water resources science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 hydrology and water resources science graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hydrology and water resources science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in hydrology and water resources science.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree hydrology and water resources science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Hydrology & Water Resources Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Hydrology & Water Resources Science at UPenn

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

#24 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hydrology and Water Resources Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 0 masters’s hydrology and water resources science degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hydrology & Water Resources Science Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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