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2023 Best Value Physics Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$20,724 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,190 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Physics Doctor's Degree School for You

Physics is the #76 most popular major in Georgia with 56 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Physics Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Georgia to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for physics 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 Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia

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

Best Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Physics

Our 2023 rankings named Georgia State University the best value school in Georgia for physics students working on their doctor’s degree. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

Georgia State graduate students pay an average of $9,292 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value physics schools in Georgia. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $11,156 per year.

UGA also took the #5 spot in our Best Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia rankings.

Full Physics at University of Georgia Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

Georgia Tech graduate students pay an average of $16,764 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Georgia Tech also made our Best Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list, coming in at #1.

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#4

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

Emory graduate students pay an average of $45,684 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Emory not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.

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Best Value Physics Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 85
Florida 125
North Carolina 139
Tennessee 37
Kentucky 15
Louisiana 32
Alabama 34
South Carolina 24
Mississippi 18
Arkansas 8
West Virginia 18

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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