2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics in Oklahoma

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Oklahoma” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 13,674 people earned their degree in physics, making the major the 68th most popular in the United States. 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 Oklahoma, there were 55 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,146 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Oklahoma” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for oklahoma master’s degree physics students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics in Oklahoma

1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, Oklahoma

#1 overall quality in Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Oklahoma list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 6 masters’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read full report on Physics at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

2

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, Oklahoma

#2 overall quality in Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Oklahoma. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s physics degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Physics at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

3

University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma

#3 overall quality in Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Oklahoma. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 6 masters’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Tulsa Physics Report

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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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