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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,953 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,256 Avg Salary

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

Physical Sciences is the #21 most popular major in Missouri with 208 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for physical sciences 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 Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri

Check out the physical sciences master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Physical Sciences

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for physical sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Missouri. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $6,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Physical Sciences at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.

Mizzou not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMKC are $11,745 a year.

Full Physical Sciences at University of Missouri - Kansas City Report

Best Value Physical Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 102
Minnesota 157
Iowa 103
North Dakota 25
Nebraska 40
South Dakota 48

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 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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