2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 14,123 people earned their degree in physics, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,475 and had an average of $22,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 31 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,851 and $25,430 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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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The physics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi”.

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Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi bachelor’s degree physics students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics in Mississippi

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$14,923 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Miss, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Miss is $14,923 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.

Read more about Physics at University of Southern Mississippi

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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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