2022 Best Value Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

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 Vallue Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Physical Sciences is the 135th most popular major in the country with 4,159 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,050 and had an average of $13,137 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 23 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general physical sciences 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 general physical sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region physical science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$18,285 Average Net Price

$45,016 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s physical science degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kansas State University is $18,285 for Plains States Region Physical Science students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Physical Sciences at K -State

• Best Value Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income Over $110k)

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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