2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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In 2019-2020, 941 people earned their degree in engineering and applied physics, making the major the 440th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 77 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering and applied physics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering and applied physics 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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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree applied physics students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the New England Region

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 10 masters’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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