by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Physical Science is the 179th most popular major in the country with 3,823 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 19 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physical science.
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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 Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree physical sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chadron State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Chadron State College is a public institution located in Chadron, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coe College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Coe College is a small school located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that handed out 1 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Dakota State University is located in Madison, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. K -State is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, 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 87%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emporia State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Emporia, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read more about Physical Science at Emporia State University
Fort Hays State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Fort Hays State University is a public institution located in Hays, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Physical Science at Fort Hays State University
College of Saint Mary came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. College of Saint Mary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Physical Science at College of Saint Mary
Concordia University, Nebraska did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Concordia University, Nebraska is a small school located in Seward, Nebraska that handed out 0 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Black Hills State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Spearfish, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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