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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$17,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physics Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physics Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 125 people earned their degree in physics education, making the major the 932nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 5 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physics Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in physics education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physics education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physics education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physics Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physics Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education in the Plains States Region

#1

Martin Luther College

New Ulm, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Martin Luther College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physics Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in New Ulm, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics teacher education students in 2019-2020.

MLC also made our “Best Physics Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Martin Luther College is $19,703 for plains states region bachelor’s degree physics teacher education students.

The low student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physics Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s physics teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree physics teacher education students list, Minnesota State Mankato has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Physics Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato is $16,221 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics Teacher Education students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Physics Education at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#3

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emporia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physics Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Emporia, Kansas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s physics teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

ESU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Physics Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Emporia State University is $14,822 for plains states region bachelor’s degree physics teacher education students.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Physics Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s physics teacher education degrees to qualified students.

UNL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physics Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics Teacher Education students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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