2022 Best Value Other Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Physical Science is the 275th most popular major in the country with 549 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physical sciences (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $18,100 and had an average of $20,919 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 349 physical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,312 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 82 physical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences (other). This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences (other) programs that also have a lower cost than 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 physical sciences (other) program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree other physical science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Physical Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Other Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Other Physical Science at Columbia University in the City of New York

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$62,012 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 76 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425.

Full Johns Hopkins University Other Physical Science Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Physical Science (Income $30-$48k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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