by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Delaware” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Physical Sciences is the 19th most popular major in the country with 50,306 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Delaware, there were 155 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,158 and $25,343 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 86 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,355 and $27,084 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Delaware” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physical sciences.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Delaware” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Delaware”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Del State is a public institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Delaware list. UD is a large school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 71 bachelors’s physical sciences 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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