2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in general physical sciences, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,050 and had an average of $13,137 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,299 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,600 and $11,591 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general physical sciences programs, but they also 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 general physical sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,706 Average Net Price

$39,009 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Science students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full ASU - Tempe General Physical Sciences Report

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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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