2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astrophysical Sciences Major in the New England Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astrophysical Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 436 people earned their degree in astrophysics, making the major the 598th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 24 astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,470 and $116,265 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in astrophysics.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astrophysical Sciences Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree astrophysical sciences students.
Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Astrophysics in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astrophysical Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s astrophysical sciences students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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
- *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.
