2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,195 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 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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The physical sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 9 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 more about Physical Science at RIT

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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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