2024 Best General Physical Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
1,209Physical Science Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in general physical sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #144 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for general physical sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,209 degrees in general physical sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The physical science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Physical Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general physical sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 General Physical Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Physical Sciences in the Far Western US 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 physical science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Physical Science
It's difficult to beat University of California - Santa Cruz if you wish to pursue a degree in general physical sciences. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #102 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Santa Cruz is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 general physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general physical sciences has to take a look at Humboldt State University. Located in the town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 126th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 2 general physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Humboldt State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general physical sciences has to check out Washington State University. Wazzu is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Pullman. This university ranks 4th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 5 general physical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The physical science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Physical Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general physical sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
