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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $30-$48k) in Massachusetts

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$50,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Engineering & Applied Physics is the 440th most popular major in the country with 941 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 26 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering and applied physics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering and applied physics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $30-$48k) in Massachusetts

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s applied physics degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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