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 “Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” 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 Illinois, there were 24 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general physical sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful general physical sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree physical science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olivet Nazarene University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. Olivet Nazarene University is a small school located in Bourbonnais, Illinois that handed out 0 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s list. Concordia University, Chicago is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physical science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Full Concordia University, Chicago General Physical Sciences Report
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