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2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$50,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,195 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,400 and $13,605 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 general physical sciences 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 general physical sciences programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1 in overall quality

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 Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical science students in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at RIT are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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