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2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$11,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southwest region, there were 65 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,700 and $3,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering physics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering physics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering physics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering physics students in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $3,473 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UT Rio Grande Valley.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $7,006 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UCO is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $13,381 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UCO.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $17,285 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $30-$48k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Engineering Physics at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#5

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Longview, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

LETU also made our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $17,824 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend LETU.

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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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