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2022 Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Astrophysics is the 671st most popular major in the country with 383 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 86 astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in astrophysics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great astrophysics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the astrophysics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Astrophysics (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 10 bachelors’s astrophysical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $18,637 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Astrophysical Sciences students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Columbia University in the City of New York.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Columbia Astrophysics Report

#2

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Princeton, New Jersey, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s astrophysical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree astrophysical sciences students whose families make $75-$110k list, Princeton has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Princeton University is $16,989 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Astrophysical Sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Princeton Astrophysics Report

#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s astrophysical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Carnegie Mellon University is $30,722 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree astrophysical sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Astrophysics at Carnegie Mellon

#4

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s astrophysical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $26,914 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree astrophysical sciences students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Rutgers New Brunswick.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Astrophysics 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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