2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 239 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,038 and $12,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general physical sciences.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Southeast Region

1

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical science degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Physical Sciences at UA Little Rock

2

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia Southern University is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 7 masters’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Georgia Southern University General Physical Sciences Report

3

Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #3 spot on the list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school situated in Huntington, West Virginia. It awarded 2 masters’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Marshall University General Physical Sciences Report

4

Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region. Regent is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s physical science degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Regent

• Most Focused Master’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.