2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 29,162 people earned their degree in biological and physical sciences, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5,150 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological and physical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biological and physical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Wright State University - Main Campus

Dayton, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$24,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 2 doctorate’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Wright State University - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Wright State University - Main Campus Biological & Physical Sciences 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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