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2023 Most Popular Online Physical Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region

3 Colleges
$42,323 Avg Salary
$23,308 Avg Student Debt

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. 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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Physical Sciences Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Western Michigan University the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for physical sciences students. WMU is a large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.

The average amount in student loans that physical sciences majors at WMU take out is $27,033.

Full Physical Sciences at Western Michigan University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - East is a great place for physical sciences students pursuing an online degree. Located in the rural area of Richmond, IU East is a public college with a small student population.

Full Physical Sciences at Indiana University - East Report

The excellent online programs at Indiana University - Northwest helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best physical sciences schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Gary, IU Northwest is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at Indiana University - Northwest

Explore the most popular online physical sciences colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 951
Michigan 1,288
Ohio 1,581
Illinois 1,686
Wisconsin 873

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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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