2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 37 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optics/optical sciences 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 optics/optical sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

#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 Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 11 doctorate’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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