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2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$6,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Physics Schools in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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

Across Rhode Island, there were 5 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island applied physics students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $30-$48k) in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 1 ’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. It costs about $6,684 for Rhode Island Applied Physics students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Brown.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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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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