2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 116 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in optics/optical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality optics/optical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the optics/optical sciences 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 Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified masters’s optics/optical sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree optics/optical sciences students with aid list, University of Arizona has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Optics/Optical Sciences at University of Arizona

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 8 masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Optics/Optical Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (With Aid)

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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