2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky” 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 Kentucky, there were 21 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,401 and $24,684 respectively.

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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in Kentucky

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$11,390 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Murray State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Murray State University is $11,390 for Kentucky Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at Murray State

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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