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2022 Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting 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 Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Astronomy & Astrophysics is the 222nd most popular major in the country with 1,268 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, astronomy and astrophysics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,700 and had an average of $21,346 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 4 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,188 and $113,908 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the astronomy and astrophysics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas doctor’s degree astronomy students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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