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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 231 people earned their degree in health/medical physics, making the major the 789th most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in health/medical physics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health/medical physics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health/medical physics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics

#1

California State University - Fresno

Fresno, California
#4 in overall quality
$5,464 Average Net Price

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. This large school is located in Fresno, California, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Fresno State also made our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Fresno State is $5,464 for bachelor’s degree health/medical physics students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

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#2

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality
$20,230 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Bloomsburg also made our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is $20,230 for Bachelor’s Degree Health/Medical Physics students.

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#3

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada
#5 in overall quality
$11,424 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UNLV also took the #5 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas is $11,424 for Bachelor’s Degree Health/Medical Physics students.

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#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#1 in overall quality
$20,016 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 3 bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $20,016 for Bachelor’s Degree Health/Medical Physics students per year to attend Oregon State.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Health/Medical Physics at Oregon State

#5

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality
$31,400 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton also made our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Creighton is $31,400 for Bachelor’s Degree Health/Medical Physics students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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%.

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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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