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

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$63,256 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Physical Sciences Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which master'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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Physical Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

#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 master’s degree. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

About 28% of the students majoring in physical sciences at the school are women while 72% are male.

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Out of the 2 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 suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Physical Sciences at University of Rhode Island Report

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 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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