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Insufficient Data for the Plains States Region

Due to missing data, we couldn't show you the physical sciences highest paid graduate ranking. This is usually due to there not being enough schools in the Plains States Region that both offer physical sciences and provided enough information for us to do a sufficient analysis.

Instead, look at at some of our other Physical Sciences rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Physical Sciences ranking.

 

Rankings in Majors Related to Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	1,189
Physics	542
Geological & Earth Sciences	263
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	81
Astronomy & Astrophysics	38

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Most Popular Majors Related to Physical Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	8,886
Engineering	8,571
Computer & Information Sciences	6,950
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	3,458
Mathematics & Statistics	2,178

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Notes and 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 the rest of our data about colleges.
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.