Biological and Physical Sciences
159 colleges offer Biological and Physical Sciences in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $40,347, from $13,346 at the lowest program to $64,004 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $31,116 on average, from $12,715 at the lowest program to $52,259 at the highest.
Is a Biological and Physical Sciences degree worth it?
Across 30 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $28,910 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $25,548 and $34,496. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $25,100. Debt is 0.87x first-year earnings, which ranks 86th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 159
- Average Debt on Graduation: $40,347
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $31,116
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| Dalhousie University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dowling College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-River Falls | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Platteville | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Superior | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Norbert College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lawrence University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bluefield State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Western Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Virginia's College at Wise | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Regent University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Averett University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bennington College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brigham Young University-Hawaii | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brigham Young University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas Tech University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Christian Brothers University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bryan College-Dayton | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dakota Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Greenville University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Swarthmore College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ursinus College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Moravian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lehigh University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| King's College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Juniata College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Arcadia University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alvernia University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Allegheny College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Western Oregon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oklahoma Panhandle State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wright State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Shawnee State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Franklin University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Baldwin Wallace University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Salem College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Carolina Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brevard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Union College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Stony Brook University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| St. Thomas Aquinas College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New York University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The New School | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Long Island University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Le Moyne College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Elmira College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alfred University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Adelphi University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rutgers University-Camden | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Keene State College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New England College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Peru State College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Montana | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Montana State University Billings | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northwest Missouri State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Harris-Stowe State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cottey College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Avila University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mississippi State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Delta State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| St Catherine University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Johns University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Michigan State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Spring Arbor University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Eastern Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Calvin University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cambridge College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| American International College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Spalding University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alice Lloyd College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fort Hays State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Benedictine College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Northern Iowa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Palmer College of Chiropractic | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana University-Kokomo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Southern Indiana | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Grace College and Theological Seminary | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Calumet College of Saint Joseph | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Xavier University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dominican University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northwestern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Park University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Central College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Concordia University-Chicago | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Emory University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Covenant College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of West Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Denver | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colorado Christian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pitzer College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of the Pacific | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Chico | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Philander Smith University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Central Arkansas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Arkansas at Monticello | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alaska Pacific University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of West Alabama | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Georgia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $22,188 | $12,715 |
| Georgetown University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $14,165 |
| University of Puget Sound | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,709 |
| Clarion University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | $28,587 | No data | $23,702 |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,501 |
| Whitworth University | Bachelor's Degree | $51,760 | $54,750 | $24,842 |
| The Evergreen State College | Bachelor's Degree | $24,705 | $14,661 | $25,468 |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $19,050 | $25,473 |
| New College of Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,771 |
| Fordham University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,141 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Bachelor's Degree | $33,727 | $25,204 | $28,313 |
| CUNY Hunter College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,569 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $44,364 | $25,100 | $28,816 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | Bachelor's Degree | $44,364 | $25,100 | $28,816 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | Bachelor's Degree | $44,364 | $25,100 | $28,816 |
| University of Oregon | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $52,953 | $29,003 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $48,088 | No data | $29,468 |
| Bard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,818 |
| Saint Anselm College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,923 |
| Portland State University | Bachelor's Degree | $46,507 | No data | $32,021 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | $64,004 | $44,156 | $33,036 |
| University of Alaska Anchorage | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,176 |
| Washington State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,602 |
| University of Houston-Downtown | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,725 |
| Grand Valley State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,369 |
| University of Notre Dame | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,806 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,207 |
| University of South Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,251 |
| Thomas Edison State University | Bachelor's Degree | $13,346 | No data | $49,000 |
| Empire State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,259 |
| Sam Houston State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Edinboro University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| St. Andrews University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Duke University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| SUNY at Fredonia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cornell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Barnard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Upper Iowa University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Webber International University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Florida International University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Florida Atlantic University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |