2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 189 people earned their degree in optics/optical sciences, making the major the 783rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 37 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent optics/optical sciences programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) 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 Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. 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.

Full University of Rochester Optics/Optical Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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