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2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k” ranking.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. 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 $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k 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.

UT Rio Grande Valley also took the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $6,405 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at UT 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 $48-$75k. 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 also made our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $10,235 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full NMSU Main Campus Engineering & Applied Physics Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UCO is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

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 $18,693 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $48-$75k 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 4 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,812 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#5

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Longview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees 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. The estimated yearly cost for LETU is $22,358 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full LETU Engineering & Applied Physics Report

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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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