2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science Education in the Plains States Region

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 Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Science Education is the 361st most popular major in the country with 1,248 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 180 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great science education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the science education 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 Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science Education in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s physical science education students in 2019-2020.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Science Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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