2022 Best Value Nuclear Physics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Nuclear Physics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6 people earned their degree in nuclear physics, making the major the 1337th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 nuclear physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nuclear physics programs and 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 nuclear physics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nuclear Physics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree nuclear physics students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Physics (With Aid)

#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 Nuclear Physics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s nuclear physics students in 2019-2020.

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

Read full report on Nuclear Physics at Iowa State

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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