2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Physical Science is the 179th most popular major in the country with 3,141 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,011 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physical science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. RIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
Read more about Physical Science at RIT
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, LIU Post landed the #2 spot on the list. LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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.
