2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 West Virginia, there were 231 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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 West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

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

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

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

Marshall University also took the #0 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154, 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 Southeast 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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