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2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$11,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 941 people earned their degree in engineering and applied physics, making the major the 440th most popular in the United States.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in engineering and applied physics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering and applied physics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#4 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Rio Grande Valley, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Rio Grande Valley is $3,473 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,006 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend NMSU Main Campus.

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#2 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #3 spot on the list. UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,381 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

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#1 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $17,285 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, 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 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LeTourneau University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Longview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2019-2020.

LETU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,824 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend LeTourneau 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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