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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$14,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering physics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering physics programs, but they also cost less that 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. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for southwest 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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#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 Getting Aid. NMSU 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students with aid list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students with aid.

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#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 Getting Aid list. UCO is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students with aid.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Oklahoma 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 estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Engineering Physics Report

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, LeTourneau University landed the #5 spot on the list. LETU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Longview, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LETU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for LeTourneau University is $23,196 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students with aid.

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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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