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2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$16,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Engineering & Applied Physics is the 440th most popular major in the country with 941 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 14 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering and applied physics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering and applied physics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

Loras College

Dubuque, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Loras College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dubuque, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loras, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Loras is $16,154 for iowa bachelor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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