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2022 Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$27,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 502 people earned their degree in biophysics, making the major the 724th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 15 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in biophysics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biophysics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biophysics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The biophysics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree biophysics students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics in the Southeast Region

#1

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University New Orleans landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biophysics students in 2019-2020.

Loyola New Orleans also took the #4 spot in our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Loyola University New Orleans is $21,486 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biophysics students.

Full Loyola University New Orleans Biophysics Report

#2

Eckerd College

Saint Petersburg, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eckerd College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Eckerd College is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s biophysics degrees to qualified students.

Eckerd also took the #5 spot in our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $34,860 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biophysics students per year to attend Eckerd College.

Read full report on Biophysics at Eckerd College

#3

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $23,734 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biophysics students per year to attend Emory.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Biophysics at Emory University

#4

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University also made our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Wake Forest University is $29,990 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biophysics students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Biophysics at Wake Forest University

#5

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Duke University is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 2 bachelors’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $27,020 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biophysics students per year to attend Duke University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Biophysics at Duke University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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