2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in the New England Region

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In 2021-2022, 502 people earned their degree in other physics, making the major the 596th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 18 other physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 other physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other physics. That schools that top this list have a program in other physics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree other physics students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Physics in the New England Region

1

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in the New England Region list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 6 masters’s other physics degrees in 2021-2022.

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%.

Read full report on Other Physics at UMass Lowell

2

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts

#16 overall quality in New England

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in the New England Region list. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s other physics degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full WPI Other Physics Report

3

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the #3 spot on the list. SCSU is a medium-sized school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 0 masters’s other physics degrees in 2021-2022.

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 Other Physics at SCSU

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

Footnotes

• *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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