2023 Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s

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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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 7 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in materials sciences.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree materials science students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

#4 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 4 masters’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 more about Materials Sciences at DU

2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

#6 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Materials Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 1 masters’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Colorado State Materials Sciences Report

• Most Popular 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.