2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Southeast region, there were 146 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,450 and $20,894 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural sciences 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 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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The natural sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #1 spot on the 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 in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228.

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

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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