2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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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 Great Lakes region, there were 87 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 6 masters’s physical science degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Physical Sciences at UChicago

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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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