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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in Illinois

2 Ranked Colleges
36 Degrees Awarded
$29,252 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Natural Sciences is the 208th most popular major in the country with 2,514 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $25,745 and had an average of $19,618 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 36 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,252 and $25,109 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,374 and $23,086 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in natural sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree natural sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in Illinois

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Dominican University
River Forest, Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dominican University is a small school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 30 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Judson University
Elgin, Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Judson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Judson University is located in Elgin, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Full Judson University Natural Sciences Report

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