by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Engineering Physics is the 244th most popular major in the country with 994 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,863 and had an average of $25,114 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 33 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering physics. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering physics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Engineering Physics at Southeast Missouri State University
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hamline University landed the #2 spot on the list. Hamline University is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morningside College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Sioux City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering physics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Read more about Engineering Physics at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region. KU is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Minnesota State University - Moorhead did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Moorhead, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering physics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering Physics at Minnesota State University - Moorhead
University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Duluth is a medium-sized school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 1 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Loras College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Kansas Wesleyan University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Kansas Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salina, Kansas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Doane University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Crete, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering physics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Simpson College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Augustana University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering Physics at Augustana Sioux Falls
Saint Louis University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering physics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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