2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences in the Southwest Region

Optics/Optical Sciences isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #508 in popularity out of 1095 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 master's degrees in optics/optical sciences during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for optics/optical sciences.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Optics/Optical Sciences in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in optics/optical sciences.

Most Well Attended Schools for Optics/Optical Sciences Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

43 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In AZ

#1 Best Quality In AZ

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Arizona if you wish to pursue a master's degree in optics/optical sciences. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in optics/optical sciences in Arizona. More information about a master’s in optics/optical sciences from University of Arizona

2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

8 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In NM

#1 Best Quality In NM

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in optics/optical sciences needs to check out University of New Mexico - Main Campus. UNM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Albuquerque. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in optics/optical sciences in New Mexico. More information about a master’s in optics/optical sciences from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Best Optics/Optical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the most popular optics/optical sciences schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	313	48
New Mexico	145	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Optics/Optical Sciences

One of 8 majors within the Physics area of study, Optics/Optical Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Physics	201
Other Physics	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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