2025 Best Physical Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in physical science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #449 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for physical science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 91 bachelor's degrees in physical science to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on physical science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of physical science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physical science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for physical science students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Physical Science Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Physical Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Physical Science in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in physical science.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Physical Sciences

1

University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

58 Annual Graduates

University of California - Santa Cruz is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in physical science. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in physical science from University of California - Santa Cruz

2

California State University - Fresno
Fresno, CA

13 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in physical science has to check out California State University - Fresno. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in physical science from California State University - Fresno

Best Physical Science Colleges by State

Explore the best physical science schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	27
Washington	521	5
Oregon	343	1
Hawaii	172	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physical Sciences

One of 0 majors within the General Physical Sciences area of study, Physical Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.