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2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 40 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering and applied physics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering and applied physics programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Loras College

Dubuque, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loras College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Loras is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dubuque, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Loras also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Loras is $20,530 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Loras College Engineering & Applied Physics Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UMN Duluth is a fairly large school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 2 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Duluth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMN Duluth is $19,042 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Minnesota - Duluth

#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $75-$110k list, KU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Kansas is $20,981 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full KU Engineering & Applied Physics Report

#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 3 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Louis University is $26,969 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at SLU

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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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