by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Chemical & Physical Oceanography is the 572nd most popular major in the country with 508 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 190 chemical and physical oceanography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 chemical and physical oceanography graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemical and physical oceanography. That schools that top this list have a program in chemical and physical oceanography in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree chemical & physical oceanography students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 18 masters’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region. Florida Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 3 masters’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s chemical and physical oceanography students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 7 masters’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region list. UNCW is a public institution located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Florida State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees to 13 students 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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With a ranking of #9, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s chemical and physical oceanography students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
Read more about Chemical & Physical Oceanography at USF Tampa
The University of West Florida came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chemical & Physical Oceanography Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Pensacola, Florida, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s chemical and physical oceanography students in 2020-2021.
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