2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Planetary Astronomy and Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking.

Planetary Astronomy & Science is the 1071st most popular major in the country with 59 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 8 planetary astronomy and science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 planetary astronomy and science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality planetary astronomy and science 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 planetary astronomy and science 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 Planetary Astronomy and Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree planetary astronomy and science students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Planetary Astronomy and Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. University of Arkansas is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 3 doctorate’s planetary astronomy and science degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Planetary Astronomy & Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Planetary Astronomy & Science at UARK

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science

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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