by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Plains States region, there were 33 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering and applied physics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering and applied physics.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree applied physics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri that handed out 16 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southeast Missouri State University Engineering & Applied Physics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hamline University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 Hamline University Engineering & Applied Physics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Sioux City, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at Morningside College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 2 students 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Minnesota State University - Moorhead ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized school located in Moorhead, Minnesota that handed out 1 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at Minnesota State University - Moorhead
University of Minnesota - Duluth did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Duluth, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Simpson College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at Simpson College
With a ranking of #8, Doane University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Doane University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Crete, Nebraska. It awarded 0 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at Doane University
With a ranking of #8, Augustana University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Augustana University is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at Augustana University
Saint Louis University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Kansas Wesleyan University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Kansas Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salina, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at Kansas Wesleyan University
Loras College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Loras College is a small school located in Dubuque, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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