2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Physics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physics is the 67th most popular major in the country with 14,123 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,475 and had an average of $22,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 85 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physics programs, but they also 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 physics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified masters’s physics students in 2019-2020.

Brown also made our “Best Physics Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #0 spot in our “Best Physics Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $0-$30k)

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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