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2023 Most Popular Online Physical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Physical Sciences is the #19 most popular major in the country with 50,306 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Physical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for physical sciences majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Our analysis found University of New Orleans to be the most popular school for physical sciences students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of New Orleans, UNO is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in physical sciences at UNO, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Physical Sciences at University of New Orleans Report

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best physical sciences schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Physical Sciences at North Carolina State University Report

Explore the most popular online physical sciences schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,594
West Virginia 238
South Carolina 424
Florida 1,506
Virginia 1,478
Arkansas 370
Mississippi 518
Louisiana 477
Alabama 554
Kentucky 455
Georgia 1,064
Tennessee 721

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Physical Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140
Materials Sciences 658
Other Physical Science 538
Physics and Astronomy 38

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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