2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region
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Degrees Awarded
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 2,514 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 345th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 164 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in natural sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in natural sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree natural sciences students.
Top 13 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Plains States Region
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Logan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chesterfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural sciences students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%.
Full Logan University Natural Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel College - North Newton. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Bethel College - North Newton is a small private not-for-profit school situated in North Newton, Kansas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Sciences at Bethel College - North Newton
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Saint Benedict. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. College of Saint Benedict is located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Sciences at College of Saint Benedict
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oglala Lakota College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Oglala Lakota College is a small school located in Kyle, South Dakota that handed out 3 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
Full Oglala Lakota College Natural Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Johns University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Collegeville, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Natural Sciences at Saint Johns University
Kansas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s natural sciences 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full K -State Natural Sciences Report
With a ranking of #7, York College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. York College is a small school located in York, Nebraska that handed out 0 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full York College Natural Sciences Report
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 full report on Natural Sciences at UHSP
Augustana University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Augustana Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Read more about Natural Sciences at Augustana University
University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UNOMAHA is a public institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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 Natural Sciences at UNOMAHA
Concordia College at Moorhead came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Concordia College Moorhead is a small school located in Moorhead, Minnesota that handed out 0 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Concordia College Moorhead Natural Sciences Report
Central College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Central College is located in Pella, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Sciences at Central
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a small school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 0 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Sciences at SMU MN
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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.
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