2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics
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Health/Medical Physics is the 789th most popular major in the country with 231 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health/medical physics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health/medical physics 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 health/medical physics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate.
Top 9 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 11 doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree health/medical physics students list, UW - Madison has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 2 doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.
UNLV also made our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Las Vegas are $21,962.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s health/medical physics students in 2019-2020.
UNM also took the #9 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate list. University at Buffalo is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees to qualified students.
University at Buffalo also took the #4 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Oregon State University is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees to qualified students.
Oregon State also made our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.
UC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read full report on Health/Medical Physics at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
With a ranking of #7, Oregon Health & Science University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate list. OHSU is a small public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 1 doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.
OHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon Health & Science University are $27,692.
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Wayne State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree health/medical physics students list, Wayne State has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Vanderbilt University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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- *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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