2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 4,418 people earned their degree in military technologies & applied sciences, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States. In , military technologies & applied sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $61,323 and had an average of $28,849 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 441 military technologies & applied sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,802 and $32,315 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 240 military technologies & applied sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in military technologies & applied sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in military technologies & applied sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences in the Plains States Region

1

Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

Top 5% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Maryville U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 58 masters’s military technologies & applied sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences at Maryville University of Saint Louis

2

Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #2 spot on the list. Webster University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 125 masters’s military technologies & applied sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 Webster University Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Report

3

National American University - Rapid City
Rapid City, South Dakota

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National American University - Rapid City landed the #3 spot on the list. National American University - Rapid City is a small school located in Rapid City, South Dakota that handed out 8 masters’s military technologies & applied sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full National American University - Rapid City Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Report

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Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 39 masters’s military technologies & applied sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Missouri State Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Report

5

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

#21 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 10 masters’s military technologies & applied sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences at SLU

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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