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2023 Most Focused Colleges for Nuclear Physics in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges

2 Degrees Awarded

$26,200 Avg Cost*

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Nuclear Physics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nuclear Physics is the 1404th most popular major in the country with 3 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 2 nuclear physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

That schools that top this list have a program in nuclear physics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on Nuclear Physics Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Nuclear Physics Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 1 Most Focused Colleges for Nuclear Physics in the Plains States Region

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

$48,142 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,637 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Nuclear Physics Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s nuclear physics degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, 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 89%.

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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.

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