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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Optics/Optical Sciences is the 816th most popular major in the country with 196 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in optics/optical sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful optics/optical sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #2 spot on the list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s list. SUNY Polytechnic Institute is a public institution located in Utica, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s 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%.
Read full report on Optics/Optical Sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #3 spot on the list. UC Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 0 bachelors’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of California - Davis Optics/Optical Sciences Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Delaware State University is a public institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Albright College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Optics/Optical Sciences Major for a Bachelor’s. Albright is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Reading, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 bachelors’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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