2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 For Those Getting Aid” 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physical science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science (With Aid)

#1

Wright State University - Main Campus

Dayton, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$24,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 2 doctorate’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Wright State University - Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical Science at Wright State University - Main Campus

#2

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Rochester Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442.

Read full report on Physical Science at RIT

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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