2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nuclear Physics Major in the Plains States Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Nuclear Physics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Nuclear Physics is the 1404th most popular major in the country with 2 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 2 nuclear physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 nuclear physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nuclear physics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nuclear Physics Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree nuclear physics students.
Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Physics in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nuclear Physics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 2 doctorate’s nuclear physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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