Natural Sciences isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #169 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of natural sciences. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 145 bachelor's degrees in natural sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to natural sciences students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other natural sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt natural sciences students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized natural sciences related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for natural sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Natural Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Natural Sciences in the Plains States Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in natural sciences.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Natural Sciences
Kansas State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in natural sciences. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan.
Soon after graduating, natural sciences bachelor's recipients typically earn an average of $22,898 at the beginning of their careers.
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).