2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 52,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Rhode Island, there were 252 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,139 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 74 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island list. Brown University is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 55 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. 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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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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