2022 Best Value Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Schools for a Master’s

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 Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 condensed matter and materials physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality condensed matter and materials physics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the condensed matter and materials physics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The condensed matter and materials physics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Schools for a Master’s”.

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Best Value Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree condensed matter and materials physics students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Condensed Matter & Materials Physics

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s condensed matter and materials physics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Condensed Matter & Materials Physics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Full Iowa State Condensed Matter & Materials Physics Report

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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