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 an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 50,306 people earned their degree in physical sciences, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,880 and had an average of $22,620 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 9,420 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,772 and $23,221 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 220 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in physical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physical sciences.
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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 an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Richard Bland College of William and Mary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. RBC is a small school located in South Prince George, Virginia that handed out 157 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Physical Sciences at Richard Bland College of William and Mary
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Georgia State College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Swainsboro, Georgia, and it awarded 5 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Andrew College landed the #3 spot on the list. Andrew College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cuthbert, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized school located in Perkinston, Mississippi that handed out 34 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Physical Sciences at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Goodman, Mississippi, and it awarded 9 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Physical Sciences at Holmes Community College
Itawamba Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Fulton, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified associates’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Physical Sciences at Itawamba Community College
Gordon State College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Barnesville, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Copiah-Lincoln Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a public institution located in Wesson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Copiah-Lincoln Community College Physical Sciences Report
Mississippi Delta Community College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi Delta Community College is a small public school situated in Moorhead, Mississippi. It awarded 1 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Physical Sciences at Mississippi Delta Community College
East Mississippi Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Scooba, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Physical Sciences at East Mississippi Community College
With a ranking of #11, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small public school situated in Magnolia, Arkansas. It awarded 2 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Physical Sciences at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and it awarded 9 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #12, Thomas More University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Thomas More is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. It awarded 4 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Augusta Technical College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Augusta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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