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2023 Best Value Natural Sciences Master's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$20,691 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,257 Avg Salary

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

Natural Sciences is the #213 most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Natural Sciences Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for natural 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 Natural Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Natural Sciences

Our analysis found Northeastern State University to be the best value school for natural sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. NSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Tahlequah.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $10,911 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 a year.

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Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public college with a very large student population.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 4 spot on the list. UW is a fairly large public school located in the town of Laramie.

UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural sciences schools in the United States. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Natural Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a very large student population.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree natural sciences programs. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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Natural Sciences by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Natural Sciences is one of 44 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Natural Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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 Agsftw.

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