by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Physics is the 68th most popular major in the country with 13,674 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,960 and had an average of $22,756 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,129 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,678 and $23,847 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 637 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 56 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physics.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree physics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McMurry University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. McMurray University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a public institution located in Socorro, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. Southwestern University is located in Georgetown, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s physics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region. 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 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region. Austin College is a small school located in Sherman, Texas that handed out 6 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Dallas landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Irving, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Trinity University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Trinity U is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Oklahoma Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Oklahoma Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Rice University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. Chickasha, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Cameron University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. Cameron University is a small public school situated in Lawton, Oklahoma. It awarded 4 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Arizona landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 65 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
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 #13, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 94 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Physics at The University of Texas at Austin
Houston Baptist University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. HBU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Houston - Clear Lake came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
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Abilene Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. Abilene Christian University is a small school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
Hardin - Simmons University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2020-2021.
University of Tulsa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #19. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 4 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Angelo State University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in San Angelo, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas Tech University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 29 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #22, Texas Lutheran University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. Seguin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physics degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #23, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
With a ranking of #24, Stephen F Austin State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. Stephen F Austin State University is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #25, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
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