2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
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Condensed Matter & Materials Physics is the 1342nd most popular major in the country with 8 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 condensed matter and materials physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Major for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in condensed matter and materials physics. To top this list, a school must have a successful condensed matter and materials physics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Most Well Attended Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Major for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree condensed matter and materials physics students.
Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 2 masters’s condensed matter and materials physics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Michigan Tech Condensed Matter & Materials Physics Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s condensed matter and materials physics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Iowa State Condensed Matter & Materials Physics Report
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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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