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2022 Best Value Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$25,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Condensed Matter & Materials Physics is the 1231st most popular major in the country with 10 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great condensed matter and materials physics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the condensed matter and materials physics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Condensed Matter & Materials Physics (Income $0-$30k)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s condensed matter and materials physics degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Condensed Matter & Materials Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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