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West Virginia University MS in Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences is a program of study at West Virginia University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in physical sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Physical Sciences from WVU Cost?

WVU Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at WVU paid an average of $1,453 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $563 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$10,134	$26,154

Does WVU Offer an Online MS in Physical Sciences?

Online degrees for the WVU physical sciences master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WVU Online Learning page.

WVU Master’s Student Diversity for Physical Sciences

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 13 master’s degrees in physical sciences handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 23.1% of the physical sciences students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 37.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those students who received a master’s degree at WVU in physical sciences at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MS in Physical Sciences Focus Areas at WVU

Physical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Geological & Earth Sciences	5
Physics	8

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.