2023 Best Value General Physical Sciences Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best General Physical Sciences School for You

General Physical Sciences is the #159 most popular major in Illinois with 24 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.

The Best Value General Physical Sciences Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

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

Best General Physical Sciences School

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

24 Degrees

#2 in Quality in Illinois

$60,963 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Chicago the best value school in Illinois for general physical sciences students. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UChicago are $60,963 per year.

UChicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best General Physical Sciences Schools in Illinois list.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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