2022 Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality astrophysics 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 astrophysics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree astrophysical sciences students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Astrophysics in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$56,470 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Princeton, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s astrophysical sciences degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Princeton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Astrophysics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton University are $56,470.

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#1

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#2 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. RIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Astrophysics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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