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2022 Best Value Other Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

2 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Physics is the 595th most popular major in the country with 478 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 22 other physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 other physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other physics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other physics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Other Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree other physics students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Physics in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other physics students in 2019-2020.

BYU also made our “Best Other Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Brigham Young University - Provo is $13,322 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree other physics students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other physics students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree other physics students list, ISU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ISU is $16,810 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Physics students.

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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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