by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 538 people earned their degree in physical sciences (other), making the major the 562nd most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 274 physical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 39 colleges that offered a degree in physical sciences (other). This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in physical sciences (other).
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Empire State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. SUNY Empire is a public institution located in Saratoga Springs, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 117 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary Washington. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Fredericksburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to 25 students 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama in Huntsville. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s. Located in Huntsville, Alabama, this medium-sized public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences (other) students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences (other) students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 14 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of North Alabama ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Florence, Alabama, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
University of California - San Diego landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in La Jolla, California, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences (other) students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Stony Brook University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Stony Brook University is a large public school situated in Stony Brook, New York. It awarded 10 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Wayne State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to qualified students.
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Black Hills State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Spearfish, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences (other) students in 2020-2021.
Morehouse College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Morehouse is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 5 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #12, Suffolk University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Suffolk University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Azusa Pacific University ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Azusa, California. It awarded 3 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #13, Xavier University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Xavier University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
University of Utah ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
With a ranking of #16, Saginaw Valley State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Saginaw Valley State University is a medium-sized school located in University Center, Michigan that handed out 2 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
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Russell Sage College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking. Troy, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #18, The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. The College of Saint Scholastica is a private not-for-profit institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Olivet Nazarene University ranked #18 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Bourbonnais, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences (other) students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
University of California - Davis landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of California - Davis Other Physical Science Report
Temple University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking. Temple is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Miami ranked #18 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences (other) students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Susquehanna University ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Susquehanna is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
Swarthmore College ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Swarthmore is a small school located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #23. Columbia is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 10 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #23. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #23, Benedict College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Carthage College ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Carthage College is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #23, George Mason University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. GMU is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 0 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Hunter College ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Hunter is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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Frostburg State University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking. Frostburg, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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The Graduate Center, CUNY did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #23. The Graduate Center, CUNY is located in New York, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Cedar Crest College ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences (other) students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Physical Science at Cedar Crest College
John Brown University ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. John Brown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #23, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Johns Hopkins University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 107 bachelors’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #23. Hobart and William Smith Colleges is a private not-for-profit institution located in Geneva, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. 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.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Physical Science Major for a Bachelor’s list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a public institution located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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