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2023 Most Popular Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

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$36,876 Avg Salary
$22,933 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

Physical Sciences is the #24 most popular major in Rhode Island with 216 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 Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Rhode Island to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Physical Sciences program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for physical sciences majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Brown University the most popular school in Rhode Island for physical sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

Of the 57 students majoring in physical sciences at Brown, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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Out of the 6 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 24 students majoring in physical sciences at URI, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Rhode Island College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular physical sciences schools in Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 64% of the students majoring in physical sciences at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#4

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Salve Regina University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular physical sciences schools in Rhode Island. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Newport.

Of the 6 students majoring in physical sciences at Salve Regina, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Out of the 6 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in physical sciences at RWU, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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#6

Providence College

Providence, RI

Providence College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree physical sciences programs. Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Women make up 50% of the physical sciences majors at the school.

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Best Physical Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 260
Maine 191
Massachusetts 1,721
Connecticut 627
Vermont 111

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 6 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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