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Most Popular Online Physical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Physical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Physical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular online undergraduate 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 undergraduate certificate.

Our analysis found Niagara County Community College to be the most popular school for physical sciences students who want to pursue an online undergraduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Niagara County Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Sanborn.

About 90% of the students majoring in physical sciences at the school are women while 10% are male.

Full Physical Sciences at Niagara County Community College Report

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Physical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Explore the most popular online physical sciences colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,090
Pennsylvania 2,562
New York 4,551
Maryland 932
Delaware 155
District of Columbia 190

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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