2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in general physical sciences, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 214 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,800 and $11,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Southeast Region

#1

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$22,004 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgia Southern University is a public institution located in Statesboro, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GaSou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GaSou are $22,004, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Georgia Southern University General Physical Sciences Report

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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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