2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Other Astronomy & Astrophysics is the 1020th most popular major in the country with 103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 other astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other astronomy and astrophysics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other astronomy and astrophysics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other astronomy and astrophysics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree other astronomy & astrophysics students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Astronomy & Astrophysics

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,131 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Los Angeles is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 4 masters’s other astronomy and astrophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Los Angeles are $28,131, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Astronomy & Astrophysics at UCLA

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 masters’s other astronomy and astrophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Other Astronomy & Astrophysics at Harvard

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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