When it comes to popularity, physical sciences sits in the middle of the road, ranking #19 out of 38 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of physical sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 279 degrees in physical sciences to qualified students.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Physical Sciences Schools in Nevada list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of physical sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in physical sciences. UNLV is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.
Graduates who receive their degree from the physical sciences program make an average of $41,963 in the first couple years of working.
Western Nevada College is a good option for students interested in a degree in physical sciences. WNC is a small public college located in the city of Carson City.
Soon after graduation, physical sciences degree recipients typically make about $27,007 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).
