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2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 40 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering and applied physics. 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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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree applied physics students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Duluth also made our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $17,067 for plains states region bachelor’s degree applied physics students with aid per year to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Duluth Engineering & Applied Physics Report

#2

Loras College

Dubuque, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loras College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Loras did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Loras College is $20,676 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students with aid.

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%.

Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at Loras College

#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Kansas is $18,918 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at KU

#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Louis University is $28,188 for plains states region bachelor’s degree applied physics students with aid.

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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at Saint Louis University

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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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