by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 994 people earned their degree in engineering and applied physics, making the major the 448th most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 39 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in engineering and applied physics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering and applied physics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in Texas”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Lutheran University landed the #1 spot on the list. Seguin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at Texas Lutheran University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Stephen F Austin State University is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, LeTourneau University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Longview, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Full LeTourneau University Engineering & Applied Physics Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Full University of St. Thomas Engineering & Applied Physics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in Texas. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at Tarleton
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in Texas list. Trinity University is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at Trinity U
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