2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Hampshire

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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Hampshire” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 52,879 people earned their degree in physical sciences, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,122 and had an average of $22,339 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Hampshire, there were 215 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,700 and $27,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,100 and $120,464 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Hampshire” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Hampshire

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Hampshire.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in New Hampshire

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Hampshire list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical Sciences at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

#2

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$58,120 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the #2 spot on the list. Dartmouth College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hanover, New Hampshire. It awarded 11 doctorate’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Dartmouth also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dartmouth College are $58,120, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Physical Sciences at Dartmouth College

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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