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Best Value General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

2023 Best Value General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$35,635 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,561 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Physical Sciences is the #147 most popular major in the country with 3,823 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the United States to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for physical science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Top 10 Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Stanislaus the best value school in the United States for general physical sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Stan State is a large public school located in the small suburb of Turlock.

Stan State undergraduate students pay an average of $19,524 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMCP are $38,638 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMCP also is in the top 10% of our Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Humboldt State University is a great value for general physical sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Humboldt State University are $19,744 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. RIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at RIT are $50,951 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

Pitt undergraduate students pay an average of $35,394 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Pitt also is in the top 20% of our Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree general physical sciences programs. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Michigan State are $41,290 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Michigan State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list.

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Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general physical sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wazzu are $27,733 a year.

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University of California - Santa Cruz ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Santa Cruz are $43,824 per year.

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Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WKU are $27,000 per year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree general physical sciences programs. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 a year.

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General Physical Sciences by Region

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

One of 8 majors within the area of study, general physical sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Physical Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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).

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