2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Arkansas, there were 382 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $17,535 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,188 and $113,908 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas doctor’s degree physical sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. UARK is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UARK, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Physical Sciences at UARK

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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