2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s

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 Master’s” 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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical science. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree physical sciences students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science

#1

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$22,004 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s list. GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

GaSou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Southern University are $22,004, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GaSou Physical Science Report

#2

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at RIT are $50,442.

Read more about Physical Science at RIT

#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s list. University of Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 6 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago also made our “Best Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Physical Science at UChicago

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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