2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in South Carolina

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 South Carolina” 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 South Carolina, there were 107 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,605 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in South Carolina” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in South Carolina”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics in South Carolina

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University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina

#2 overall quality in South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in South Carolina list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 3 masters’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Physics at UofSC

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Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

#1 overall quality in South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in South Carolina list. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 2 masters’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Physics at Clemson University

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Notes and References

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

Footnotes

• *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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