by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Physical Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Physical Science is the 179th most popular major in the country with 3,823 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 24 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in physical science. To top this list, a school must have a successful physical science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The physical sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree physical sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Air Force Academy. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in USAF Academy, Colorado, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Mesa University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. Grand Junction, Colorado 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 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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