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2023 Best Value Physical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$10,756 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,619 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Physical Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 146 degrees and certificates were awarded to physical sciences students who went to a Louisiana college or university. This makes it the #16 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Physical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Louisiana to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for physical sciences 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

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

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Physical Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College the best value school in Louisiana for physical sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana State University are $13,031 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #4 for overall quality for physical sciences in Louisiana.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Out of the 3 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the # 2 spot on the list. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UL Lafayette are $10,130 a year.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

#3

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, UNO is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNO are $9,108 per year.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 162
Florida 469
Virginia 241
Tennessee 161
North Carolina 441
Georgia 240
West Virginia 49
South Carolina 89
Kentucky 92
Arkansas 69
Alabama 123

Physical Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342
Other Physical Science 191
General Physical Sciences 107
Physics and Astronomy 23

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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