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Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Nevada

2023 Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$8,737 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics School for You

In 2020-2021, 3 degrees and certificates were awarded to astronomy and astrophysics students who went to a Nevada college or university. This makes it the #156 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Nevada ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

Best Astronomy & Astrophysics School

$8,737 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Las Vegas to be the best value school for astronomy and astrophysics students who want to pursue a degree in Nevada. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNLV are $8,737 a year.

UNLV not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Nevada list.

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Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 251
Washington 70
Hawaii 19
Alaska 0

One of 8 majors within the area of study, astronomy and astrophysics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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