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2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$29,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Rhode Island, there were 5 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering and applied physics programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island bachelor’s degree applied physics students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid. Brown is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 1 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. It costs about $29,392 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students with aid per year to attend Brown University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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