by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acoustics Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Acoustics is the 984th most popular major in the country with 96 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 acoustics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acoustics Major” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in acoustics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in acoustics.
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The acoustics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acoustics Major”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree acoustics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Naval Postgraduate School. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acoustics Major. Monterey, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s acoustics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acoustics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #1 spot on the list. NYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 70 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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