2021 Best Physical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Virginia
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Finding the Best Physical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Physical Sciences is the #18 most popular major in Virginia with 1,065 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 3.6% 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 Virginia ranking looked at 7 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.
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 Best Physical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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Virginia Tech has taken the #1 spot in this year's physical sciences ranking for non-traditional students. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in Virginia rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 19,796 students at Virginia Tech that take at least one class online. 2,831 students are part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Virginia - Main Campus. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville. University of Virginia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in Virginia list.
About 0.5% of University of Virginia students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 4,175 students take at least one class online at University of Virginia. 2,758 of University of Virginia students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to William & Mary. William & Mary is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Williamsburg. As a testament to the quality of education offered at William & Mary, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in Virginia ranking.
The student loan default rate at William & Mary is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,359 students take at least one class online at William & Mary. 1,311 of William & Mary students are attending part time.
Virginia Commonwealth University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. VCU is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Richmond. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, VCU has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in Virginia ranking.
The student loan default rate at VCU is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,039 students at VCU that take at least one class online. 5,055 of VCU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize James Madison University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at JMU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in Virginia ranking.
About 0.8% of JMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 6,740 students take at least one class online at JMU. There are roughly 2,328 part time students in attendance at JMU.
George Mason University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax. GMU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in Virginia list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 21,490 students at GMU that take at least one class online. 12,712 of GMU students are attending part time.
Christopher Newport University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. CNU is a small public school located in the city of Newport News. CNU also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Physical Sciences in Virginia rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. 106 students are part time.
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 the rest 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).
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Physical Sciences is the #18 most popular major in Virginia with 1,065 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 3.6% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
