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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

13 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$22,898 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

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Natural Sciences is the 208th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Plains States region, there were 163 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,898 and $14,331 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 13 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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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 13 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Plains States Region

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Logan University
Chesterfield, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Logan University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Chesterfield, Missouri, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Logan University

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Bethel College - North Newton
North Newton, Kansas

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, Bethel College - North Newton landed the #2 spot on the list. Bethel College - North Newton is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Newton, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Bethel College - North Newton

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College of Saint Benedict
Saint Joseph, Minnesota

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, College of Saint Benedict landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural sciences students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full College of Saint Benedict Natural Sciences Report

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Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota

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, Oglala Lakota College landed the #4 spot on the list. Oglala Lakota College is a small school located in Kyle, South Dakota that handed out 3 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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Saint Johns University
Collegeville, Minnesota

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 7 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Saint Johns University

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Kansas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 84 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full K -State Natural Sciences Report

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York College
York, Nebraska

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. Located in York, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural sciences students in 2020-2021.

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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 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Natural Sciences at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy

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Augustana University
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Augustana University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Augustana University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Augustana Sioux Falls

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University of Nebraska at Omaha 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 #10. University of Nebraska at Omaha is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Concordia College at Moorhead
Moorhead, Minnesota

With a ranking of #11, Concordia College at Moorhead did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Moorhead, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural sciences students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Concordia College at Moorhead Natural Sciences Report

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural sciences students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Read more about Natural Sciences at SMU MN

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Central College
Pella, Iowa

With a ranking of #11, Central College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Central College is a small school located in Pella, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Central College

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