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2023 Best Value Physical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,256 Avg Salary

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

Physical Sciences is the #18 most popular major in Alabama with 123 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Physical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking.

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. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Physical Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Physical Sciences Master's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alabama at Birmingham the best value school in Alabama for physical sciences students working on their master’s degree. UAB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Birmingham.

UAB graduate students pay an average of $8,100 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UAB not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama list.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Best Value Physical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Physical Sciences Colleges 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
Louisiana 146
South Carolina 89
Kentucky 92
Arkansas 69

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

Majors Similar to Physical Sciences

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 values are for the top school 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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