2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 214 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,800 and $11,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general physical sciences. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree physical science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Huntington, West Virginia, this fairly large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical science students in 2019-2020.

Marshall University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. 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

#2

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$22,004 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. GaSou is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 9 masters’s physical science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree physical science students with aid list, GaSou has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Southern University are $22,004, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Georgia Southern University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (With Aid)

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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