2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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” 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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 652 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 50 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s. UW - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree applied physics students list, UW - Platteville has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Platteville is $15,718 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.
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Out of the 50 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Duluth is $17,067 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Murray State University is a public institution located in Murray, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Murray State University is $11,390 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend UCO is $16,562 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grace College and Theological Seminary. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Winona Lake, Indiana, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Grace College is $20,820 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $4,514 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students per year to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Arkansas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Arkansas Tech University is a fairly large school located in Russellville, Arkansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend ATU is $10,772 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Oakland University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $11,802 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students per year to attend Oakland.
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University of Kansas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend KU is $18,918 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Loras College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. This small school is located in Dubuque, Iowa, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
Loras also took the #22 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Loras is $20,676 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Nevada - Reno did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. University of Nevada - Reno is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 2 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Nevada - Reno is $15,081 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.
Morgan State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Morgan State is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for Morgan State University is $17,619 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. New Mexico State University - 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.
The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 77 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2019-2020.
UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $15,880 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree applied physics students list, Ohio State has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio State is $17,616 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #17. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,312 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students per year to attend UIC.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University at Buffalo ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University at Buffalo is $18,194 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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With a ranking of #19, Kettering University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Flint, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kettering, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kettering is $37,518 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Maine landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 4 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,558 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students per year to attend University of Maine.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #21, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
UW - Madison also made our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #15. It costs about $17,708 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #22. Daytona Beach, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.
Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach also took the #24 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $34,296 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students per year to attend Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach.
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%.
Colorado School of Mines ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Colorado School of Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.
Mines also made our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Colorado School of Mines is $26,750 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #24, LeTourneau University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. LeTourneau University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Longview, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $23,196 for bachelor’s degree applied physics students per year to attend LeTourneau University.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #25. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 4 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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- 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%.
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