by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Southeast region, there were 9,420 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,772 and $23,221 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6,897 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 304 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in physical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dillard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 304 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia Wesleyan College landed the #2 spot on the list. West Virginia Wesleyan College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Buckhannon, West Virginia. It awarded 26 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fisk University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhodes College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Rhodes College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hendrix College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Conway, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Bethany College West Virginia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Bethany College West Virginia is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethany, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Xavier University of Louisiana landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Kentucky Wesleyan College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Owensboro, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
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Hampden - Sydney College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Hampden-Sydney, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Davidson College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Davidson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Davidson, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Randolph College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Randolph College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Morehouse College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Morehouse is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 23 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees 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.
Tougaloo College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tougaloo, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Wofford College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Emory and Henry College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #15. Emory, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #16, Covenant College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Covenant is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. It awarded 11 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Randolph - Macon College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Randolph - Macon College is a small school located in Ashland, Virginia that handed out 17 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Mary Washington ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Mary Washington is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 53 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Centre College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Centre College of Kentucky is located in Danville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Berea College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Berea, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #21, Virginia Military Institute did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Lexington, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Washington and Lee University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Washington and Lee is a small school located in Lexington, Virginia that handed out 27 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 full report on Physical Sciences at Washington and Lee University
University of North Carolina at Asheville landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UNCA is a small school located in Asheville, North Carolina that handed out 29 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Roanoke College landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Salem, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
With a ranking of #25, Erskine College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Erskine is located in Due West, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
Not only did these schools make the top 46 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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