2023 Most Focused Colleges for Other Physical Science in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Physical Science is the 562nd most popular major in the country with 500 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southwest region, there were 0 other physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other physical science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other physical science.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Other Physical Science in the Southwest Region

1

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

$43,197 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,199 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Southwest Region. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 0 ’s other physical science degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full NAU Other Physical Science Report

2

Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

$34,940 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,030 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma City Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified ’s other physical science students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 full report on Other Physical Science at Oklahoma City Community College

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.