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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 941 people earned their degree in engineering physics, making the major the 239th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,675 and had an average of $20,001 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 114 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,813 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in engineering physics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering physics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering physics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #1 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 15 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $0-$30k list, Tulane has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tulane is $23,968 for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Tulane Engineering Physics Report

#2

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering physics students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $0-$30k list, Murray State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Murray State is $8,839 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Murray State Engineering Physics Report

#3

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Arkansas Tech University is located in Russellville, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to qualified students.

ATU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $9,842 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ATU.

Read more about Engineering Physics at ATU

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering physics students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is $30,429 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach

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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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