2024 Best Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region

A degree in natural sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #345 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 151 degrees in natural sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your Natural Sciences Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Natural Sciences in the Southeast Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the natural sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Southeast Region Schools in Natural Sciences

1

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in natural sciences needs to check out Virginia Commonwealth University. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in natural sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University

2

American Public University System
Charles Town, WV

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Natural Sciences Degrees Awarded

62.5% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in natural sciences has to check out American Public University System. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in natural sciences from American Public University System

Best Natural Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best natural sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	5
North Carolina	710	3
Georgia	690	5
Virginia	630	5
Tennessee	624	18
South Carolina	530	0
Louisiana	489	63
Arkansas	466	11
West Virginia	410	32

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Natural Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Natural Sciences area of study, Natural Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).
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