2025 Best Physical Sciences Schools in South Carolina
3Colleges in South Carolina
448Physical Sciences Degrees Awarded
$47,003Avg Early-Career Salary
Physical Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #19 out of the 38 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Physical Sciences Schools in South Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 448 degrees in physical sciences to qualified students.
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. We derive our Best Overall Physical Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 South Carolina list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Physical Sciences in South Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physical sciences degree levels they offer.
Clemson University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in physical sciences. Located in the midsize suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 110 physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available.
University of South Carolina - Columbia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in physical sciences. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 85 physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the physical sciences major at University of South Carolina - Columbia earn $2,354 above the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
It's hard to beat College of Charleston if you want to pursue a degree in physical sciences. C of C is a fairly large public college located in the medium-sized city of Charleston. This college ranks 6th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 79 physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at C of C in the most recent data year. Physical Sciences degree recipients from College of Charleston earn a boost of about $2,196 over the average income of physical sciences graduates.
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. We derive our Best Overall Physical Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
