2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 52,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 District of Columbia, there were 165 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical sciences 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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k list. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 14 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.

Read more about Physical Sciences at GWU

#2

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Howard University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 2 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard are $34,224, 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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