2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Alaska

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Physical Sciences is the 19th most popular major in the country with 50,306 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,880 and had an average of $22,620 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 60 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physical sciences.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree physical sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Alaska

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University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. UAF is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Physical Sciences at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a public institution located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Alaska Anchorage Physical Sciences Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences

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.

Credits

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