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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” 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 Southwest region, there were 27 astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality astrophysics 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 astrophysics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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

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

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s astrophysical sciences degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Astrophysics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048.

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#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$32,268 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 1 doctorate’s astrophysical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU also made our “Best Astrophysics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Christian University are $32,268.

Read full report on Astrophysics at Texas Christian University

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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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