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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$26,000 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 3,823 people earned their degree in physical science, making the major the 179th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 927 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in physical science. That schools that top this list have a program in physical science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree physical sciences students.

Top 7 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. New Mexico Tech is a small school located in Socorro, New Mexico that handed out 5 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Physical Science at New Mexico Tech

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Hardin - Simmons Physical Science Report

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 58 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physical Science at ASU - Tempe

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Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Wesleyan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Physical Science at OKWU or OWU

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Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Silver City, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.

Full Western New Mexico University Physical Science Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. UT Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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 more about Physical Science at UT Rio Grande Valley

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Nazarene University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Bethany, Oklahoma, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Physical Science at Southern Nazarene University

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