2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences in the Far Western US Region

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 “Most Well Attended Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 30,075 people earned their degree in biological and physical sciences, making the major the 28th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 19,724 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological and physical sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful biological and physical sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree biological & physical sciences students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences in the Far Western US Region

1

Keck Graduate Institute
Claremont, California

#24 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Keck Graduate Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Keck Graduate Institute is a small school located in Claremont, California that handed out 4 doctorate’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at Keck Graduate Institute

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at University of Alaska Fairbanks

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences

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.