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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $48-$75k) in Rhode Island

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Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Rhode Island, there were 5 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering physics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering physics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The engineering physics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $48-$75k) in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k list. Brown is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Brown is $11,689 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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