by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Optics/Optical Sciences is the 816th most popular major in the country with 196 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 122 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in optics/optical sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their optics/optical sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 113 ’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools 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. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 7 ’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Optics/Optical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 ’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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