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2023 Most Popular Biological & Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Biological & Physical Science School for You

Biological & Physical Science is the #163 most popular major in the country with 639 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Biological & Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biological & Physical Science program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Biological & Physical Science Colleges.

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

Our analysis found University of Northern Iowa to be the most popular school for biological and physical science students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Missouri Western State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best biological and physical science schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri Western is a small public school located in the city of Saint Joseph.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southeast Missouri State University is a great place for biological and physical science students. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cape Girardeau.

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#5

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Out of the 6 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Biological & Physical Science Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and physical science schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 7
Iowa 11
Kansas 1
South Dakota 0

Biological & Physical Science is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

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).

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