2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Delaware

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in physical sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #7 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Delaware to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of physical sciences. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 43 doctor's degrees in physical sciences during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Physical Sciences in Delaware

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in physical sciences.

Most Well Attended Schools for Physical Sciences Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

39 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In DE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in physical sciences needs to check out University of Delaware. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in physical sciences in Delaware. More information about a doctorate in physical sciences from University of Delaware

2

Delaware State University
Dover, DE

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Delaware State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in physical sciences. Del State is a small public university located in the small city of Dover. More information about a doctorate in physical sciences from Delaware State University

 

Best Physical Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	30	442
Maryland	29	120
Pennsylvania	29	242
New Jersey	28	131
District of Columbia	24	31

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Physical Sciences Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	19
Physics	9
Materials Sciences	8
Geological & Earth Sciences	6
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Physical Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Engineering	49
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	29
Mathematics & Statistics	11
Computer & Information Sciences	9
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	6
Natural Resources & Conservation	5

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.