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2023 Best Value Physics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$49,704 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Physics Graduate Certificate School for You

Physics is the #62 most popular major in the country with 3,727 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Physics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for physics majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Physics

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for physics students working on their graduate certificate. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Johns Hopkins also is in the top 5% of our Best Physics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

Read full report on Physics at Johns Hopkins University

#2

New York University

New York, NY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at New York University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value physics schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NYU are $38,206 a year.

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Best Physics Colleges by State

Explore the best physics schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 379
Pennsylvania 196
Maryland 94
New Jersey 66
District of Columbia 35
Delaware 17

One of 8 majors within the area of study, physics has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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