2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science in the Southeast Region
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Planetary Astronomy & Science is the 1082nd most popular major in the country with 79 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4 planetary astronomy & science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 planetary astronomy & science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in planetary astronomy & science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their planetary astronomy & science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Hampton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hampton, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Planetary Astronomy & Science at Hampton
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s planetary astronomy and science students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Arkansas Planetary Astronomy & Science Report
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.
