2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics in the Southwest Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 2 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s engineering physics degrees to qualified students.
UCO also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Rice also made our “Best Engineering Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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