by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Plains States region, there were 19 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in general physical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general physical sciences.
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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 Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chadron State College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region. Chadron State College is a small public school situated in Chadron, Nebraska. It awarded 3 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Chadron State College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coe College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region. Coe is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It awarded 1 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Madison, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical science students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Physical Sciences at Dakota State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Kansas State University is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Kansas State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emporia State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Emporia, Kansas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Concordia University, Nebraska landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Concordia University, Nebraska is a small school located in Seward, Nebraska that handed out 0 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 Concordia University, Nebraska
College of Saint Mary landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. College of Saint Mary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Black Hills State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Spearfish, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical science students in 2020-2021.
Fort Hays State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.
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