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2022 Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,248 people earned their degree in science education, making the major the 361st most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 70 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in science education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent science education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the science education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science Education (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s physical science education degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Science Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Boston U is $12,903 for new england region bachelor’s degree physical science education students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Science Education at Boston University

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical science education students in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Science Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UVM is $12,015 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Science Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Science Education at University of Vermont

#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the #3 spot on the list. Rhode Island College is a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RIC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Science Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rhode Island College is $7,691 for new england region bachelor’s degree physical science education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Rhode Island College Science Education Report

#4

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keene State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Keene State College is a small public school situated in Keene, New Hampshire. It awarded 4 bachelors’s physical science education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Keene State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Science Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $14,288 for new england region bachelor’s degree physical science education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Keene State.

Read full report on Science Education at Keene State College

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UMaine Farmington is a small public school situated in Farmington, Maine. It awarded 2 bachelors’s physical science education degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Science Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $11,215 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Science Education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UMaine Farmington.

Full UMaine Farmington Science Education Report

#6

Lesley University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Lesley University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical science education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Lesley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Science Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lesley University is $29,108 for new england region bachelor’s degree physical science education students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Science Education at Lesley University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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