2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 52,879 people earned their degree in physical sciences, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,122 and had an average of $22,339 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 996 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical 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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 51 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

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#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

UWM also took the #0 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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