by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Idaho” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Idaho, there were 208 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,939 and $25,806 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,135 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physical sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Idaho” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho master’s degree physical sciences students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Boise State is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 13 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large public school situated in Pocatello, Idaho. It awarded 6 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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