2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Natural Sciences is the 209th most popular major in the country with 2,345 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,257 and had an average of $22,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 167 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,300 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree natural sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Missouri State University - Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$12,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 13 masters’s natural sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State University - Springfield are $12,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Missouri State University - Springfield

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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