2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Physical Science in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Other Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 549 people earned their degree in physical sciences (other), making the major the 275th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, physical sciences (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $18,100 and had an average of $20,919 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 9 physical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 physical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences (other) programs that also have a lower cost than 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 sciences (other) 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 Other Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Other Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Physical Science in California

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Physical Science Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in La Jolla, California, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s physical sciences (other) students in 2019-2020.

UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Other Physical Science at University of California - San Diego

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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