2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in general physical sciences, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physical sciences. 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 For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical science students in 2019-2020.

UChicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Huntington, West Virginia, and it awarded 3 masters’s physical science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marshall University, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$22,004 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Statesboro, Georgia, and it awarded 9 masters’s physical science degrees in 2019-2020.

GaSou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GaSou are $22,004, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s physical science degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

RIT also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at RIT are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Physical Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology

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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