2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region
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In 2021-2022, 594 people earned their degree in general materials science, making the major the 538th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 45 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general materials science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general materials science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree general materials science students.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s general materials science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Materials Science at UNM
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s general materials science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 Materials Science at University of Arizona
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general materials science degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Materials Science at Northern Arizona University
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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%.
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- *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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