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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in Kentucky

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor's in Kentucky

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 “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in general physical sciences, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,050 and had an average of $13,137 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 3 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,401 and $24,684 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general physical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky bachelor’s degree physical science students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in Kentucky

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky. Western Kentucky University is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. It costs about $11,962 for kentucky bachelor’s degree physical science students per year to attend WKU.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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