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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $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 Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering and applied physics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income Over $110k) 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 Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make more than $110k list, UT Rio Grande Valley has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 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 Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 6 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make more than $110k.

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#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 Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 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. The yearly cost to attend UCO is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students whose families make more than $110k.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 4 students 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. It costs about $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Oklahoma.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Oklahoma

#5

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LETU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for LeTourneau University is $23,196 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make more than $110k.

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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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