2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical science programs, but they also cost less that 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. 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” 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

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science

#1

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified doctorate’s physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree physical sciences students list, RIT has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Physical Science at Rochester Institute of Technology

#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 list. Wright State University - Main Campus is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

Wright State University - Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. 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

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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