2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Physical Science is the 179th most popular major in the country with 3,141 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 221 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in physical science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physical science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree physical sciences students.
Top 9 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Southeast Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Covenant College landed the #1 spot on the list. Lookout Mountain, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Full Covenant Physical Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethany College West Virginia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Bethany College West Virginia is a small school located in Bethany, West Virginia that handed out 2 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Physical Science at Bethany College West Virginia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University at Montgomery. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. AUM is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Auburn University at Montgomery Physical Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Emory University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Emory University Physical Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern State University of Louisiana. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Natchitoches, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 Physical Science at NSU
Western Kentucky University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Physical Science at WKU
Mississippi University for Women did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Columbus, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Physical Science at Mississippi University for Women
Wheeling University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Wheeling University is a small school located in Wheeling, West Virginia that handed out 0 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Physical Science at Wheeling University
Arkansas Tech University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Russellville, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Physical Science at Arkansas Tech University
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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
- *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.
