2022 Best Value Physical Chemistry Schools for a Doctorate

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 Physical Chemistry Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8 people earned their degree in physical chemistry, making the major the 1264th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 physical chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical chemistry programs and 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 physical chemistry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physical Chemistry Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Chemistry Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Chemistry

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Chemistry Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s physical chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical Chemistry at Iowa State University

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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