2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics in Idaho

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 14,123 people earned their degree in physics, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States. 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 Idaho, there were 72 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physics 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 physics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Idaho.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics in Idaho

#1

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physics Schools for a Master’s in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #1 spot on the list. ISU is a fairly large school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 4 masters’s physics degrees in 2019-2020.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physics Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ISU are $26,548.

Read more about Physics at Idaho State University

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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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