2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 3,823 people earned their degree in physical science, making the major the 179th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 239 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in physical science.

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Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.

Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Southeast Region

1

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Georgia Southern University is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

Full Georgia Southern University Physical Science Report

2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 5 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Physical Science at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

3

Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

Full Marshall University Physical Science Report

4

Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 0 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Physical Science at Regent

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science

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.