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

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

Across Texas, there were 34 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in Texas (With Aid)

#1

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$4,514 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Texas 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $4,514 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students with aid per year to attend UT Rio Grande Valley.

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%.

Full UT Rio Grande Valley Engineering & Applied Physics Report

#2

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$23,196 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LeTourneau University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. LETU is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

LETU also made our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for LeTourneau University is $23,196 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students with aid.

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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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