2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 78 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering and applied physics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$26,750 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Golden, Colorado, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mines is $26,750 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at Colorado School of Mines

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$21,680 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado Boulder is $21,680 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Colorado Boulder

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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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