2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics in the Southwest Region
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Physics is the 67th most popular major in the country with 14,123 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,185 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,500 and $22,324 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 673 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 25 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physics. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics in the Southwest Region
Out of the 25 schools in the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2019-2020.
Tarleton also made our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #13. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton is $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s physics degrees to qualified students.
UT Rio Grande Valley also took the #15 spot in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2019-2020.
UTSA also made our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. It costs about $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s physics degrees to qualified students.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students per year to attend Texas Tech University.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students per year to attend UNT.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #6, University of Houston did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 30 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2019-2020.
UH also took the #14 spot in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Texas State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 15 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State also made our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students per year to attend Texas State University.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s physics degrees to qualified students.
OSU also took the #9 spot in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Sam Houston State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students list, SHSU has also earned the #20 rank in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students.
Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. NAU is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
NAU also took the #22 spot in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 10 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Oklahoma also took the #16 spot in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.
The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2019-2020.
UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #21 on our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at El Paso is $8,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 57 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #15, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s physics degrees to qualified students.
UT Arlington also took the #17 spot in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students.
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University of Arizona came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona also made our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Stephen F Austin State University landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s physics degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students list, SFASU has also earned the #24 rank in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SFASU is $13,723 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.
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The University of Texas at Austin landed the #18 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 87 students in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2019-2020.
UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #23 on our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students.
Texas Southern University landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2019-2020.
TSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #25 on our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,430 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students per year to attend TSU.
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s physics degrees to qualified students.
Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students.
The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 94%.
The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.
UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,232 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students per year to attend The University of Texas at Dallas.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #23. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is a private not-for-profit institution located in Prescott, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Embry-Riddle Prescott not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Embry-Riddle Prescott is $35,396 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Baylor University landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #25. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
TCU also made our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #19. It costs about $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physics students per year to attend TCU.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
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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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