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2023 Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in Hawaii

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Finding the Best Physical Sciences School for You

With 107 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, physical sciences is the #24 most popular major in Hawaii.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in Hawaii ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Hawaii to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Hawaii at Manoa the most popular school in Hawaii for physical sciences students. Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public college with a large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Hawaii at Hilo is a great place for physical sciences students. UH Hilo is a small public school located in the remote town of Hilo.

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The excellent programs at Hawaii Pacific University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best physical sciences schools in Hawaii. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Honolulu.

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Out of the 4 schools in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Hawaii landed the # 4 spot on the list. BYU - H is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Laie.

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Best Physical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Physical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 8,302
Washington 1,936
Oregon 606
Nevada 315
Alaska 60

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 4 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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