2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona

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 Materials Science Major in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 658 people earned their degree in materials sciences, making the major the 265th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, materials sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $64,925 and had an average of $26,966 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 29 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in materials sciences.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in Arizona

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#3 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 4 masters’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at University of Arizona

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

#6 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona list. NAU is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at NAU

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Per Henning.