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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$11,461 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 Tennessee with 721 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Physical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Tennessee to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for physical sciences 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

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 Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Physical Sciences

Our analysis found East Tennessee State University to be the best value school for physical sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Tennessee. ETSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Johnson City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ETSU are $10,736 a year.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at East Tennessee State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Middle Tennessee State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Middle Tennessee State University are $10,818 per year.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,380 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Knoxville is ranked #4 for overall quality for physical sciences in Tennessee.

Full Physical Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value physical sciences schools in Tennessee. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Memphis.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $10,908 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Physical Sciences at University of Memphis Report

Best Value Physical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,594
West Virginia 238
Florida 1,506
Virginia 1,478
Arkansas 370
Mississippi 518
South Carolina 424
Louisiana 477
Alabama 554
Kentucky 455
Georgia 1,064

Physical Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140
Materials Sciences 658
Other Physical Science 538
Physics and Astronomy 38

Majors Similar to Physical Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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