2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in New Hampshire

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, there were 215 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,700 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,323 and $42,175 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences 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 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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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in New Hampshire

#1

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire

$58,120 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the #1 spot on the list. Dartmouth College is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

Dartmouth also took the #0 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Dartmouth are $58,120.

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#2

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a public institution located in Durham, New Hampshire. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNH are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’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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