by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Physics is the 68th most popular major in the country with 13,674 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,960 and had an average of $22,756 in loans still to pay off.
Across Mississippi, there were 45 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physics.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi list. Jackson State is located in Jackson, Mississippi and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s physics degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s physics 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.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics students 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.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Millsaps College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi. Millsaps College is located in Jackson, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s physics degrees to qualified students.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, 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 Tougaloo College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi. Tougaloo College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tougaloo, Mississippi. It awarded 0 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in Mississippi. This small school is located in Clinton, Mississippi, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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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