2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” 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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 61 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 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.

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 Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$21,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s health/medical physics students in 2019-2020.

UNLV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Las Vegas are $21,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNLV Health/Medical Physics Report

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees to qualified students.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Oregon State Health/Medical Physics Report

#3

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$27,692 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Health & Science University landed the #3 spot on the list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

OHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHSU are $27,692, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health/Medical Physics at Oregon Health & Science University

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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

• *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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