2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general physical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree physical science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s physical science degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at RIT are $50,442.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology General Physical Sciences Report

#2

Wright State University - Main Campus

Dayton, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$24,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s physical science students in 2019-2020.

Wright State University - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Wright State University - Main Campus General Physical 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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