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 Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Physical Sciences is the 19th most popular major in the country with 49,473 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $40,118 and had an average of $21,983 in loans still to pay off.
Across Georgia, there were 1,209 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,193 and $21,460 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 143 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,682 and $44,244 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in physical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia master’s degree physical sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 61 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark Atlanta University landed the #3 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia. This large school is located in Statesboro, Georgia, and it awarded 17 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Georgia ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 17 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Kennesaw State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Georgia ranking. This large school is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it awarded 15 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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