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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Health/Medical Physics is the 789th most popular major in the country with 231 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health/medical physics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health/medical physics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the health/medical physics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree health/medical physics students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Fresno. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Fresno State is a large public school situated in Fresno, California. It awarded 2 bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Fresno State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Fresno State is $5,464 for bachelor’s degree health/medical physics students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Read full report on Health/Medical Physics at Fresno State

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #2 spot on the list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UNLV not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNLV is $11,424 for bachelor’s degree health/medical physics students with aid.

Read full report on Health/Medical Physics at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Oregon State is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 3 bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Oregon State is $20,016 for Bachelor’s Degree Health/Medical Physics students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health/Medical Physics at Oregon State University

#4

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health/medical physics students in 2019-2020.

Bloomsburg did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Bloomsburg is $20,230 for bachelor’s degree health/medical physics students with aid.

Full Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Health/Medical Physics Report

#5

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Creighton is a medium-sized school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 3 bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Creighton is $31,400 for bachelor’s degree health/medical physics students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Health/Medical Physics at Creighton University

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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