2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,100
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Physical Science is the 179th most popular major in the country with 3,141 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in physical science. That schools that top this list have a program in physical science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree physical sciences students.
Top 13 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Naval Postgraduate School. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major. Naval Postgraduate School is a small school located in Monterey, California that handed out 16 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
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 more about Physical Science at Naval Postgraduate School
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 23 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Physical Science at University of Chicago
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wesleyan University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major. Located in Middletown, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 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 95%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Wesleyan U Physical Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 0 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Physical Science at Yale
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Physical Science at Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 6 masters’s physical sciences 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 more about Physical Science at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Georgia Southern University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major ranking. Georgia Southern University is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 17 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 more about Physical Science at Georgia Southern University
Emporia State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major ranking. Emporia State University is a medium-sized school located in Emporia, Kansas that handed out 8 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Full ESU Physical Science Report
Marshall University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major ranking. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Marshall University Physical Science Report
LIU Post did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #10. LIU Post is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brookville, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s 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%.
Read full report on Physical Science at LIU Post
Regent University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2021-2022.
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 Regent University Physical Science Report
With a ranking of #10, Wright State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Physical Science at Wright State University - Main Campus
Plymouth State University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major list. Plymouth, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
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 Plymouth State Physical Science Report
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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.
