2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 989 people earned their degree in systems science & theory, making the major the 471st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 49 systems science & theory graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 systems science & theory graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in systems science & theory. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in systems science & theory.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Science & Theory in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 18 masters’s systems theory degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Systems Science & Theory at Rice
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full ASU - Tempe Systems Science & Theory Report
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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
- *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.
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