2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region

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 “Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 538 people earned their degree in physical sciences (other), making the major the 562nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 8 physical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical sciences (other). This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physical sciences (other).

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region other physical science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Other Physical Science in the Plains States Region

1

Black Hills State University
Spearfish, South Dakota

$34,476 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,934 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Black Hills State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Black Hills State University is a small school located in Spearfish, South Dakota that handed out 7 ’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Other Physical Science at Black Hills State University

2

The College of Saint Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota

$48,635 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,421 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of Saint Scholastica. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region. The College of Saint Scholastica is a small school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 1 ’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Physical Science at The College of Saint Scholastica

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.