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

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.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the most popular for physical sciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 doctor's degrees in physical sciences during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Physical Sciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

The physical sciences doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Kansas ranking.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality physical sciences program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Physical Sciences Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for physical sciences.

 

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

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 Kansas
Lawrence, KS

31 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Kansas is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physical sciences. KU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lawrence. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in physical sciences in Kansas.

There were about 31 physical sciences individuals who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

17 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Kansas State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in physical sciences. K -State is a very large public university located in the city of Manhattan. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in physical sciences in Kansas.

There were approximately 17 physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Wichita State University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physical sciences. WSU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Wichita. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in physical sciences in Kansas.

There were about 4 physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent data year.

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Best Physical Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Physical Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	27	62
Iowa	27	78
Missouri	27	95
Nebraska	23	21
North Dakota	20	24
South Dakota	15	11

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Physical Sciences Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	32
Physics	16
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	2
Geological & Earth Sciences	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Physical Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	156
Engineering	101
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	66
Mathematics & Statistics	22
Computer & Information Sciences	6
Natural Resources & Conservation	2
Architecture & Related Services	1

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.