2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” 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 Southeast region, there were 121 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,792 and $21,626 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering physics. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering physics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree engineering physics students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics in the Southeast Region

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering physics students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach

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University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia

#4 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering physics students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read full report on Engineering Physics at University of Virginia

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.