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2022 Best Value Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$33,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Master's in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physics and Astronomy is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 55 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Kentucky, there were 54 physics and astronomy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 physics and astronomy graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physics and astronomy 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 physics and astronomy 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics and Astronomy (Income $48-$75k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k. UK is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 37 masters’s physics and astronomy degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Physics and Astronomy Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216.

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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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