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 “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s” 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 Montana, there were 200 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,156 and $24,821 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 146 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students 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 “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for montana bachelor’s degree physical sciences students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 93 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #2 spot on the list. UM is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Carroll College landed the #3 spot on the list. Helena, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Butte, Montana, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Providence. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s list. University of Providence is a small school located in Great Falls, Montana that handed out 3 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.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rocky Mountain College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s. Rocky is a small school located in Billings, Montana that handed out 3 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Salish Kootenai College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s list. Salish Kootenai College is a small school located in Pablo, Montana that handed out 2 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Montana State University - Billings came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s ranking. Billings, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Full Montana State University - Billings Physical Sciences Report
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