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2023 Best Value General Physical Sciences Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$37,176 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,561 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Physical Sciences School for You

General Physical Sciences is the #257 most popular major in the country with 107 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Physical Sciences Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for physical science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Physical Sciences Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for physical science majors pursuing a .

Best Schools for Affordable Quality in General Physical Sciences

#1

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA
$17,539 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Georgia Southern University to be the best value school for general physical sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GaSou are $17,539 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RIT are $50,951 per year.

Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology

$19,252 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wright State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Physical Sciences Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Wright State University - Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $19,252 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great value for general physical sciences students. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

UChicago undergraduate students pay an average of $60,963 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UChicago is in the top 1% of all schools on our Best General Physical Sciences Schools list.

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General Physical Sciences by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 8 majors within the area of study, general physical sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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