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2023 Best Value Physics Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$40,650 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Physics Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,727 people earned a degree or certificate in physics, making the major the #62 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for physics students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Physics Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the physics graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Physics

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the best value school in the United States for physics students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 a year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at VCU are $29,546 a year.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Physics Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Johns Hopkins graduate students pay an average of $61,202 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Johns Hopkins is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Physics Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Physics at Johns Hopkins University

#4

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Physics Graduate Certificate Schools list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NYU are $38,206 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NYU also did well on our Best Physics Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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

Majors Similar to Physics

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.

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