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 looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Physical Sciences Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 483 degrees in physical sciences annually.
The physical sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physical Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall Physical Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Louisiana 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.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in physical sciences. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the city of Baton Rouge. A Best Colleges rank of #357 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Louisiana State University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 149 physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the physical sciences program earn around $42,218 for their early career.
Every student who is interested in physical sciences has to take a look at Xavier University of Louisiana. Located in the large city of New Orleans, XULA is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 17th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 37 physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at XULA in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in physical sciences needs to look into University of New Orleans. UNO is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of New Orleans. This university ranks 22nd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 60 physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UNO in the most recent data year.
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).
The physical sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physical Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall Physical Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
