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2023 Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in Missouri

9 Colleges
$34,099 Avg Salary
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Finding the Best Physical Sciences School for You

Physical Sciences is the #21 most popular major in Missouri with 208 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 Physical Sciences Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Missouri to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the most popular school in Missouri for physical sciences students. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the # 2 spot on the list. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in Missouri list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in Missouri list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

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The excellent programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best physical sciences schools in Missouri. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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#6

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

With a ranking of #6, Saint Louis University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for physical sciences students. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.

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Southeast Missouri State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in Missouri ranking. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cape Girardeau.

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Missouri Western State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in Missouri list. Missouri Western is a small public school located in the city of Saint Joseph.

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Best Physical Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 102
Minnesota 157
Iowa 103
North Dakota 25
Nebraska 40
South Dakota 48

Physical Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342
Other Physical Science 191
General Physical Sciences 107
Physics and Astronomy 23

Majors Similar to Physical Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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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