2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Physical Sciences is the 144th most popular major in the country with 3,141 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $26,561 and had an average of $12,348 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 221 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,038 and $12,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general physical sciences.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree physical science students.
Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Southeast Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 6 masters’s physical science degrees in 2021-2022.
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 University of Arkansas at Little Rock General Physical Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region. GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 masters’s physical science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
Read full report on General Physical Sciences at GaSou
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #3 spot on the list. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s physical science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Marshall University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Regent is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s physical science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Regent
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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.
