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2023 Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s

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Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in physical science. To top this list, a school must have a successful physical science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s

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

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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full ASU - Tempe Physical Science Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Socorro, New Mexico, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Physical Science at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hardin - Simmons University landed the #3 spot on the list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Physical Science at Hardin - Simmons

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Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Wesleyan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Bartlesville, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 3 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.

Full OKWU or OWU 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 Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. 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%.

Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Physical Science Report

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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Nazarene University landed the #4 spot on the list. Southern Nazarene University is located in Bethany, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 Southern Nazarene University

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Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Western New Mexico University is a small school located in Silver City, New Mexico that handed out 0 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Physical Science at Western New Mexico University

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