2024 Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools in the Plains States Region

A degree in engineering & applied physics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #448 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 degrees in engineering & applied physics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your Engineering & Applied Physics Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Plains States Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the applied physics degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Applied Physics

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in engineering & applied physics needs to check out University of Kansas. KU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Lawrence.More information about a degree in engineering & applied physics from University of Kansas

2

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

Every student pursuing a degree in engineering & applied physics needs to look into Saint Louis University. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Louis.More information about a degree in engineering & applied physics from Saint Louis University

Best Engineering & Applied Physics Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering & applied physics colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	11
Missouri	693	16
Iowa	648	1
Kansas	599	5
Nebraska	500	0
South Dakota	381	0

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Engineering & Applied Physics Related Rankings by Major

Engineering & Applied Physics is one of 0 different types of Engineering Physics programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.