2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 121 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering and applied physics. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering and applied physics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is a medium-sized school located in Daytona Beach, Florida that handed out 1 doctorate’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Engineering & Applied Physics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 1 doctorate’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Virginia - Main Campus
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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