2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in West Virginia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Science Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Physical Sciences is the 135th most popular major in the country with 4,159 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,050 and had an average of $13,137 in loans still to pay off.

Across West Virginia, there were 3 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general physical sciences 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 general physical sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in West Virginia

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #1 spot on the list. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s physical science degrees to qualified students.

Marshall University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162.

Read more about General Physical Sciences at Marshall University

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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