by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
Materials Sciences is the 265th most popular major in the country with 658 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Plains States region, there were 27 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree materials science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburg, Kansas, and it awarded 4 masters’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s materials science students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 Materials Sciences at Missouri State University - Springfield
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s materials science students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 Materials Sciences at North Dakota State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Plains States Region. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 1 masters’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 94%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Plains States Region list. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school situated in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. It awarded 0 masters’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Materials Sciences at St. Cloud State University
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