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2023 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,378 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,419 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Sciences School for You

Natural Sciences is the #219 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 55 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value programs for natural sciences 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

Check out the natural sciences programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Sciences

$23,900 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Harrisburg University of Science and Technology to be the best value school for natural sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $23,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that natural sciences majors at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology take out is $31,000.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA
$17,378 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Temple are $17,378 a year.

Full Natural Sciences at Temple University Report

Best Value Natural Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Natural Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 158
Maryland 26
New Jersey 5

One of 44 majors within the area of study, natural sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 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 Agsftw.

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