by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Arizona, there were 29 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in materials sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in materials sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona materials science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 27 ’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 2 ’s materials science 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%.
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