2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s natural sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arizona Natural Sciences Report

#2

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s natural sciences degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best Natural Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University

#3

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s natural sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree natural sciences students with aid list, UCCS has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Natural Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCCS are $25,774, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UCCS Natural Sciences Report

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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