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 Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Georgia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Physics is the 68th most popular major in the country with 13,674 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,960 and had an average of $22,756 in loans still to pay off.
Across Georgia, there were 244 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,803 and $25,137 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Georgia” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physics.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Georgia”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Georgia list. Georgia State is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 17 masters’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physics degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Georgia list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s physics students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark Atlanta University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Georgia list. Clark Atlanta University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 8 masters’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #4 spot on the list. Emory University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 24 masters’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
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