When it comes to popularity, physical sciences sits in the middle of the road, ranking #19 out of 38 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Physical Sciences Schools in Alabama ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 554 degrees in physical sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physical Sciences Schools in Alabama ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of physical sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in physical sciences has to take a look at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a very large student population.
Graduates who receive their degree from the physical sciences program make about $22,839 in their early career salary.
University of North Alabama is a great decision for students interested in a degree in physical sciences. Located in the small city of Florence, UNA is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
Physical Sciences degree recipients from University of North Alabama earn a boost of about $15,298 above the average income of physical sciences graduates.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).