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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

Engineering Physics is the 239th most popular major in the country with 941 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to qualified students.

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. The yearly cost to attend UT Rio Grande Valley is $11,400 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Engineering Physics Report

#5 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 6 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $12,909 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Engineering Physics at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCO, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UCO is $21,330 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $24,730 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 University of Oklahoma

#5

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#3 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, LeTourneau University landed the #5 spot on the list. LeTourneau University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Longview, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

LETU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend LeTourneau University is $24,550 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Engineering Physics at LeTourneau University

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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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