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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

1 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in physical science, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 55 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical 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 physical science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree physical sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical sciences degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Pitt also made our “Best Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Pitt is $25,110 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree physical sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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