2022 Best Value Master’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. 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 Planetary Astronomy and Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 59 people earned their degree in planetary astronomy and science, making the major the 1071st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 8 planetary astronomy and science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 planetary astronomy and science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent planetary astronomy and science programs, but they also cost less that 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 planetary astronomy and science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Planetary Astronomy and Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’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

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Planetary Astronomy and Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 1 masters’s planetary astronomy and science degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Planetary Astronomy & Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121.

Read full report on Planetary Astronomy & Science at UARK

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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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