2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Arkansas

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 for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas” 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 Arkansas, there were 370 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,900 and $22,333 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,078 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 2 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas doctor’s degree physical sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Arkansas

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University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

#11 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 12 doctorate’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Physical Sciences Report

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University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Arkansas list. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at University of Arkansas

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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.

Credits

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