2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Science Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,823 people earned their degree in general physical sciences, making the major the 144th most popular in the United States. 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 New Mexico, there were 67 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,802 and $12,711 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in New Mexico”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in New Mexico

1

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, New Mexico

#3 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in New Mexico list. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical science students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full New Mexico Tech General Physical Sciences Report

2

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western New Mexico University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in New Mexico. This small school is located in Silver City, New Mexico, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western New Mexico University General Physical Sciences Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.