by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Southwest region, there were 72 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $31,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree engineering physics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. UCO is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 3 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #2 spot on the list. Rice University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Tulsa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Physics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering physics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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.
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