by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Science Technologies / Technicians is the 37th most popular major in the country with 6,451 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, science technologies / technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,830 and had an average of $16,121 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 422 science technologies / technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,657 and $11,790 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 science technologies / technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in science technologies / technicians. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in science technologies / technicians.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree science tech students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kean University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Kean is a fairly large school located in Union, New Jersey that handed out 16 masters’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Science Technologies / Technicians at Kean University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Millersville University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Millersville, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s science tech students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Read more about Science Technologies / Technicians at Millersville
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Utica, New York, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s science tech students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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