by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas” ranking.
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 Arkansas, there were 370 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,900 and $22,333 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The physical sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 12 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Physical Sciences at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full Arkansas State University - Main Campus Physical Sciences Report
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