2023 Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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 “Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physical sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general physical sciences.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.

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

1

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 #1 for the Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Located in Statesboro, Georgia, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s physical science students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Physical Sciences at GaSou

2

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 #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s physical science degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on General Physical Sciences at UA Little Rock

3

Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #3 spot on the list. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s physical science degrees to qualified students.

Full Marshall University General Physical Sciences Report

4

Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 0 masters’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Regent University

• Most Popular 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.