2025 Best General Physical Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
221Physical Science Degrees Awarded
$28,284Avg Early-Career Salary
General Physical Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #144 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general physical sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 221 degrees in general physical sciences to qualified students.
The physical science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Physical Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Physical Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The physical science 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 the Best General Physical Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for General Physical Sciences in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physical science degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat Emory University if you want to pursue a degree in general physical sciences. Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 general physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in general physical sciences has to check out Georgia Southern University. GaSou is a very large public university located in the town of Statesboro. This university ranks 16th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 17 general physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general physical sciences has to take a look at Richard Bland College of William and Mary. Located in the rural area of South Prince George, RBC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 38th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 132 general physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at RBC in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, physical science degree recipients generally make around $20,219 in the first five years of their career.
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).
The physical science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Physical Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Physical Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
