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

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Out of all the majors we analyze each year, physical sciences was ranked #19 in the country. In fact 50,306 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Physical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States 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 Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for physical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in physical sciences at KU, 67% are male and 33% are female.

Full Physical Sciences at University of Kansas Report

Out of the 3 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Emporia State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. ESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Emporia.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at Emporia State University

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best physical sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

Full Physical Sciences at Missouri University of Science and Technology Report

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 325
Minnesota 891
Iowa 427
South Dakota 144
Missouri 765
Nebraska 229
North Dakota 85

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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 3 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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