2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 114 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering and applied physics programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Southeast Region

#1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$19,736 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s applied physics students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach are $19,736, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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