by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,451 people earned their degree in science technologies / technicians, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States. 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 “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in science technologies / technicians. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in science technologies / technicians.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree science tech students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kean University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s science tech degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Science Technologies / Technicians at Kean University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Millersville University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. Millersville is a medium-sized public school situated in Millersville, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 masters’s science tech degrees 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 full report on Science Technologies / Technicians at Millersville
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Polytechnic Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY Poly is a small school located in Utica, New York that handed out 1 masters’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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