2023 Schools Highly Focused on Physics and Astronomy Major
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Physics and Astronomy Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Physics and Astronomy is the 356th most popular major in the country with 55 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Physics and Astronomy Major” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physics and astronomy. That schools that top this list have a program in physics and astronomy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools Highly Focused on Physics and Astronomy Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for physics and astronomy students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Physics and Astronomy
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Physics and Astronomy Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 33 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Physics and Astronomy at University of Kentucky
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Albion College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Physics and Astronomy Major. Located in Albion, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s physics and astronomy students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Physics and Astronomy at Albion College
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
