2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in Massachusetts
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Physical Science is the 276th most popular major in the country with 538 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physical sciences (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,982 and had an average of $26,811 in loans still to pay off.
Across Massachusetts, there were 4 physical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 physical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences (other). That schools that top this list have a program in physical sciences (other) in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in Massachusetts
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in Massachusetts”.
Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Physical Science in Massachusetts
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Suffolk University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in Massachusetts list. Suffolk is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Full Suffolk Other Physical Science Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Physical Science at University of Massachusetts - Lowell
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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
- *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.
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