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2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering & Applied Physics is the 440th most popular major in the country with 941 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 65 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in engineering and applied physics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering and applied physics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering and applied physics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $2,993 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UT Rio Grande Valley.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,896 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NMSU Main Campus.

Full NMSU Main Campus Engineering & Applied Physics Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,297 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UCO.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at UCO

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $16,675 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#5

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, LeTourneau University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Longview, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

LETU also made our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend LeTourneau University is $20,897 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at LETU

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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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