2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Optics/Optical Sciences is the 783rd most popular major in the country with 189 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 37 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optics/optical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the optics/optical 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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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,505 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #1 spot on the list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Rochester, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Doctor’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 University of Rochester are $50,505.

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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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