2023 Most Well Attended Acoustics Major for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Acoustics Major for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 96 people earned their degree in acoustics, making the major the 984th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 acoustics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Acoustics Major for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acoustics. To top this list, a school must have a successful acoustics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Acoustics Major for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Well Attended Acoustics Major for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree acoustics students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Acoustics

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Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Acoustics Major for a Doctorate list. This small school is located in Monterey, California, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s acoustics degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Acoustics at Naval Postgraduate School

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New York University
New York, New York

Top 5% overall quality in United States

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Acoustics Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #1 spot on the list. New York University 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.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Acoustics at New York University

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

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