2024 Best Physical Science Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
239Physical Sciences Degrees Awarded
A degree in physical science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #179 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for physical science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 239 degrees in physical science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The physical sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physical Science rankings. For our Best Overall Physical Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physical Science Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Physical Science in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the physical sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Emory University if you want to pursue a degree in physical science. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 physical science students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent year we have data available.
Richard Bland College of William and Mary is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in physical science. RBC is a small public college located in the rural area of South Prince George. This college ranks 18th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 157 physical science students who graduated with this degree at RBC in the most recent data year.
Georgia Southern University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in physical science. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 7 physical science students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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The physical sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physical Science rankings. For our Best Overall Physical Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
