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Most Popular Natural Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Most Popular Natural Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Natural Sciences is the #273 most popular major in the country with 76 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Natural Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in the Southeast Region 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 school tops our list of the Most Popular Natural Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Commonwealth University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for natural sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 20% of the students majoring in natural sciences at the school are women while 80% are male.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Natural Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best natural sciences schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 14
Georgia 0

One of 36 majors within the area of study, natural sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 values are for the top school 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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