by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Arizona, there were 1,480 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,149 and $23,988 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 132 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arizona” 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 Arizona” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arizona”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 104 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arizona list. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 16 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 12 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe Physical Sciences Report
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