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Most Popular General Physical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular General Physical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best General Physical Sciences Master's Degree School for You

General Physical Sciences is the #257 most popular major in the country with 107 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Most Popular General Physical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Physical Sciences program at each school on the list.

Check out the physical science master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

#1

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Our analysis found Yale University to be the most popular school for general physical sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

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#2

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesleyan University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Middletown, Wesleyan U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 67% of the physical science majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Plymouth State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general physical sciences schools in the New England Region . Plymouth State is a small public school located in the town of Plymouth.

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Best General Physical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general physical sciences schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 19
New Hampshire 0

One of 8 majors within the area of study, general physical sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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