2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physics in Connecticut

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Physics is the 60th most popular major in the country with 12,875 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Connecticut, there were 187 general physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 general physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,452 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Connecticut” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general physics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut doctor’s degree general physics students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physics in Connecticut

1

Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

#1 overall quality in Connecticut

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s general physics degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.

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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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2

Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Connecticut. Wesleyan U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Middletown, Connecticut. It awarded 2 doctorate’s general physics degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

#4 overall quality in Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Connecticut. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 9 doctorate’s general physics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Read more about General Physics at UCONN

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physics in the New England Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physics

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.

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