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2023 Most Popular Natural Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Natural Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 76 people earned a degree or certificate in natural sciences, making the major the #273 most popular in the United States.

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, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Natural Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Natural Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Natural Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Virginia Commonwealth University to be the most popular school for natural sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. VCU is a very large public school located in the city of Richmond.

Of the 5 students majoring in natural sciences at VCU, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Natural Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in natural sciences at UCCS, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular natural sciences schools in the United States. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Natural Sciences 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 3 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 Agsftw.

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