2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree physical sciences students with aid.

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

#1

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 2 students 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Howard University are $34,224.

Full Howard Physical Sciences Report

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at GWU

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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.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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