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2023 Best Value Physics Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,449 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,190 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Physics Doctor's Degree School for You

Physics is the #45 most popular major in Nevada with 13 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Physics Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Nevada to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for physics students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for physics majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Physics

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nevada - Reno the best value school in Nevada for physics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a very large student population.

UNR graduate students pay an average of $6,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNR is ranked #2 for overall quality for physics in Nevada.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value physics schools in Nevada. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $6,607 per year.

UNLV did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada list.

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Best Value Physics Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Physics Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 483
Washington 74
Oregon 63
Hawaii 3
Alaska 1

Physics is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to A. T. Service.

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