2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Science is the 154th most popular major in the country with 4,159 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,195 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical science 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 physical science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Rochester Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 9 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical Science at Rochester Institute of Technology

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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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