2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics in Connecticut (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Physics is the 67th most popular major in the country with 14,123 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,475 and had an average of $22,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 203 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $20,300 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 59 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physics 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 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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Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree physics students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics in Connecticut (With Aid)

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 11 masters’s physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physics Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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