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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Science is the 154th most popular major in the country with 4,159 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 87 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical 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 physical science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree physical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wright State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s physical sciences degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree physical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, Wright State University - Main Campus has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286, 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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