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2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s

5 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master's

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 Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Optics/Optical Sciences is the 783rd most popular major in the country with 189 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree optics/optical sciences students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences

#1

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality
$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s list. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree optics/optical sciences students list, MSU Bozeman has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Bozeman are $21,446, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality
$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree optics/optical sciences students list, UNM has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality
$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality
$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

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#5

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#1 in overall quality
$50,505 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s. University of Rochester is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 13 masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505.

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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%.

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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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