by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in Michigan for a Master’s” 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 Michigan, there were 21 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in Michigan for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in materials sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in materials sciences.
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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 “Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in Michigan for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in Michigan for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in Michigan for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 7 masters’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in Michigan for a Master’s list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials science degrees to 5 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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