by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
General Physical Sciences is the 144th most popular major in the country with 3,823 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,561 and had an average of $12,761 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 80 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,940 and $12,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in general physical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The physical science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Lake Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Wright State University - Lake Campus is a small school located in Celina, Ohio that handed out 8 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Wright State University - Lake Campus General Physical Sciences Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Northwest landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Hammond, Indiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical science students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Physical Sciences at Purdue University Northwest
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s physical science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, 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 91%.
Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Michigan State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Concordia University, Chicago
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Otterbein University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Otterbein is a small school located in Westerville, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DePauw University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Greencastle, Indiana, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s physical science 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 full report on General Physical Sciences at DePauw University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olivet Nazarene University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Olivet Nazarene University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Olivet Nazarene University General Physical Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ripon College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ripon College is located in Ripon, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physical science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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