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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theoretical & Mathematical Physics

3 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$29,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Theoretical & Mathematical Physics is the 1182nd most popular major in the country with 18 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 theoretical and mathematical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in theoretical and mathematical physics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theoretical and mathematical physics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theoretical & Mathematical Physics

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theoretical and mathematical physics degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree theoretical and mathematical physics students list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Theoretical & Mathematical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,194 for Bachelor’s Degree Theoretical and Mathematical Physics students per year to attend University at Buffalo.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University at Buffalo Theoretical & Mathematical Physics Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theoretical and mathematical physics degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree theoretical and mathematical physics students list, Case Western has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Theoretical & Mathematical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Case Western Reserve University is $35,428 for Bachelor’s Degree Theoretical and Mathematical Physics students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Full Case Western Theoretical & Mathematical Physics Report

#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Theoretical & Mathematical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Carnegie Mellon is $34,508 for bachelor’s degree theoretical and mathematical physics students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 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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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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