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2021 Best Physical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California

17 Colleges
3,800 Bachelor's Degrees
$33,130 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Physical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Physical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in CaliforniaIn <nil>, 3,800 bachelor's degrees were awarded to physical sciences students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state. This means that 12.7% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.

This year's Best Physical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking looked at 17 colleges that offer a bachelor's in physical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the physical sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Physical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Physical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Physical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of California - Berkeley tops the 2021 list of our schools in California that are best for non-traditional physical sciences students. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population. UC Berkeley not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in California list.

About 0.5% of UC Berkeley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 students are part time.

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University of California - Los Angeles comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in California ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 25,859 students take at least one class online at UCLA. 2,161 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize San Diego State University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego. SDSU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in California list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 21,657 students at SDSU that take at least one class online. 5,452 of SDSU students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of California - San Diego as the #4 school in this year's rankings. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in California ranking.

The student loan default rate at UCSD is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,222 students take at least one class online at UCSD. There are roughly 1,605 part time students in attendance at UCSD.

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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Santa Barbara. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a fairly large student population. UCSB not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in California list.

The student loan default rate at UCSB is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,596 students at UCSB that take at least one class online. 880 of UCSB students are attending part time.

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University of California - Santa Cruz comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. UC Santa Cruz is a large public school located in the small city of Santa Cruz. UC Santa Cruz also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in California rankings.

The student loan default rate at UC Santa Cruz is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,400 students at UC Santa Cruz that take at least one class online. About 837 of the students at UC Santa Cruz are attending part time.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Cal Poly Pomona is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Pomona.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 20,284 students at Cal Poly Pomona that take at least one class online. 5,151 of Cal Poly Pomona students are attending part time.

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California State University - Sacramento landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best physical sciences schools for non-traditional students. Sac State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Sacramento.

The student loan default rate at Sac State is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 16,876 students take at least one class online at Sac State. 7,378 students are part time.

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University of California - Riverside comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a very large student population. UCR also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in California rankings.

About 0.8% of UCR students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 17,351 students at UCR that take at least one class online. About 1,118 of the students at UCR are attending part time.

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University of California - Davis earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population. UC Davis not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in California list.

The student loan default rate at UC Davis is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 7,892 students take at least one class online at UC Davis. 1,668 of UC Davis students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Physical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Physical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 955
Hawaii 60
Oregon 388
Nevada 131
Alaska 29

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