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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Nebraska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Nebraska, there were 69 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,838 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Nebraska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physics. That schools that top this list have a program in physics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 overall quality in Nebraska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 10 masters’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

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Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska

#2 overall quality in Nebraska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the #2 spot on the list. Creighton is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s physics degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

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• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics

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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