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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income Over $110k)

2 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$37,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Vallue Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general physical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree physical science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income Over $110k)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wright State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k. Wright State University - Main Campus is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s physical science degrees to qualified students.

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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286.

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#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 #2 for the Best Vallue Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k. RIT is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 doctorate’s physical science degrees to qualified students.

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

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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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