2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Physics in New York

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Other Physics is the 596th most popular major in the country with 467 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New York, there were 24 other physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 other physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other physics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other physics.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in New York”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Physics in New York

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

#6 overall quality in New York

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. RPI is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 14 bachelors’s other physics degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 full report on Other Physics at RPI

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University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

#7 overall quality in New York

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 9 bachelors’s other physics degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full University of Rochester Other Physics Report

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St. Bonaventure University
Saint Bonaventure, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Bonaventure University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Physics Major in New York list. St. Bonaventure University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Bonaventure, New York. It awarded 1 bachelors’s other physics degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Other Physics at St. Bonaventure

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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