2022 Best Value Nuclear Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nuclear Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 6 nuclear physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 nuclear physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nuclear 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 nuclear physics 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 Nuclear Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nuclear Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Physics in the Plains States Region

#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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s nuclear physics degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nuclear Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Nuclear Physics at Iowa State

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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.

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