2023 Best Value General Physical Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Physical Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Physical Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the physical science programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in General Physical Sciences

#1

Wright State University - Main Campus

Dayton, OH

1 Degrees

$19,252 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Wright State University - Main Campus the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for general physical sciences students. Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wright State University - Main Campus are $19,252 a year.

Read full report on General Physical Sciences at Wright State University - Main Campus

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

24 Degrees

#2 in Quality in the Great Lakes Region

$60,963 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general physical sciences schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

UChicago not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best General Physical Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).

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