2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education in Iowa

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 152 people earned their degree in physics education, making the major the 883rd most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 2 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physics education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in physics education.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa bachelor’s degree physics teacher education students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education in Iowa

1

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

#4 overall quality in Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s list. UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s physics teacher education degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Physics Education at University of Northern Iowa

2

Northwestern College
Orange City, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Iowa

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Orange City, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physics teacher education students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physics Education at NWC

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education in the Plains States Region
• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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