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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$10,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biophysics is the 724th most popular major in the country with 502 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 15 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biophysics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biophysics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biophysics 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 Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s biophysics degrees to qualified students.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Duke University is $-7,808 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biophysics students whose families make $0-$30k. When an average net price is negative, it usually means that the student will receive more financial aid than it costs to attend the school.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive 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. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Biophysics at Duke

#2

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 2 bachelors’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $5,250 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biophysics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wake Forest University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, 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 95%.

Read full report on Biophysics at Wake Forest University

#3

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #3 spot on the list. Emory University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 2 bachelors’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Emory is $11,468 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biophysics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Emory University Biophysics Report

#4

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University New Orleans. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Loyola New Orleans is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 4 bachelors’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola New Orleans also took the #4 spot in our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Loyola University New Orleans is $17,044 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biophysics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Biophysics at Loyola University New Orleans

#5

Eckerd College

Saint Petersburg, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eckerd College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Saint Petersburg, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biophysics students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree biophysics students whose families make $0-$30k list, Eckerd has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eckerd College is $26,400 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biophysics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Eckerd Biophysics Report

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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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