2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Chemistry

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Chemistry Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Physical Chemistry is the 1371st most popular major in the country with 5 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 physical chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Chemistry Major” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physical chemistry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physical chemistry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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The physical chemistry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Chemistry Major”.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Chemistry Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree physical chemistry students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Chemistry

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University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
San Juan, <nil>

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Chemistry Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras landed the #1 spot on the list. UPR Rio Piedras is a fairly large school located in San Juan, that handed out 2 doctorate’s physical chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Physical Chemistry at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

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Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

Top 10% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Chemistry Major. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s physical chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physical Chemistry at Iowa State

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

Footnotes

• *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.