2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Science Technologies/Technicians

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,145 people earned their degree in other science technologies/technicians, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other science technologies/technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $19,488 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 other science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other science technologies/technicians programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other science technologies/technicians program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Other Science Tech Schools for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for a Master’s.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Science Technologies/Technicians

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$83,915 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 16 masters’s other science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567.

Full Northwestern Other Science Technologies/Technicians Report

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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