2022 Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,248 people earned their degree in science education, making the major the 361st most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 27 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality science education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 science education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in California.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science Education in California

#1

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

#1 in overall quality

$18,186 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. Located in Santa Cruz, California, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical science education students in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz also took the #1 spot in our “Best Science Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UC Santa Cruz is $18,186 for California Bachelor’s Degree Physical Science Education students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full UC Santa Cruz Science Education Report

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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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