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2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
36 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New England region, there were 77 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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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Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dartmouth College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Hanover, New Hampshire is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dartmouth, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $33,574 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students with aid per year to attend Dartmouth.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 15 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCONN is $22,012 for new england region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students with aid list, UMaine has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $17,558 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students with aid.

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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#4

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #4 spot on the list. Brown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students with aid list, Brown has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $29,392 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students with aid per year to attend Brown University.

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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, 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 University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a public institution located in Durham, New Hampshire. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $24,067 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students with aid per year to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Tufts University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tufts is $30,744 for new england region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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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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