2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region” 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.

Across the Southwest region, there were 65 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The applied physics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$23,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s applied physics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Oklahoma

#2

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$17,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #2 spot on the list. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 2 masters’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Oklahoma are $17,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at UCO

#3

Rice University

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Rice University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.

Rice not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at Rice

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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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