2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Southeast Region

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 “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Science is the 154th most popular major in the country with 4,159 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 214 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Southeast Region

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$11,962 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. WKU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 3 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for WKU is $11,962 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Sciences students.

Full Western Kentucky University Physical Science Report

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$23,734 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Emory is $23,734 for southeast region bachelor’s degree physical sciences students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 more about Physical Science at Emory 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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