2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in District of Columbia (With Aid)

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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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physical sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Howard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard are $34,224, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at Howard University

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 6 doctorate’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. 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

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (With Aid)

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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