2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 114 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,813 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 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.

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.

More Ways to Rank Engineering Physics Schools

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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics in the Southeast Region

#1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$19,736 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Daytona Beach, Florida, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach are $19,736, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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