by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 196 people earned their degree in optics/optical sciences, making the major the 816th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 122 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in optics/optical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in optics/optical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s optics/optical sciences students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 7 doctorate’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Optics/Optical Sciences Report
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