2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physics and Astronomy (Income $0-$30k)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 55 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, physics and astronomy is the most popular major in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 physics and astronomy graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physics and astronomy 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 physics and astronomy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physics and Astronomy (Income $0-$30k)

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 5 doctorate’s physics and astronomy degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physics and Astronomy Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Physics and Astronomy at UK

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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