by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Georgia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,214 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,745 and had an average of $18,648 in loans still to pay off.
Across Georgia, there were 5 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,257 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,491 and $29,433 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Georgia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Georgia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia bachelor’s degree natural sciences students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Shorter University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rome, Georgia, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Piedmont College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in Georgia list. Piedmont College is located in Demorest, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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