by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Acoustics Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Acoustics is the 984th most popular major in the country with 121 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 acoustics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acoustics Major” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acoustics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in acoustics.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acoustics Major” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree acoustics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acoustics Major list. This small school is located in Monterey, California, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s acoustics degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acoustics Major. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s acoustics degrees to 82 students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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