2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 189 people earned their degree in optics/optical sciences, making the major the 783rd most popular in the United States.

Across New York, there were 34 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent optics/optical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the optics/optical sciences 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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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree optics/optical sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in New York

#1

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,505 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 13 masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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