by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 50,306 people earned their degree in physical sciences, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. 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 Tennessee, there were 721 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,528 and $23,314 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 99 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,060 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in physical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee master’s degree physical sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee list. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 32 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee list. Located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee Technological University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee. Cookeville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 4 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%.
Tennessee State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee ranking. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 1 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Vanderbilt University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee ranking. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 3 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Fisk University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Tennessee ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
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