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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering & Applied Physics is the 448th most popular major in the country with 1,044 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the New England region, there were 112 engineering & applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 engineering & applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,317 and $23,797 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in engineering & applied physics. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering & applied physics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree applied physics students.

Top 11 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the New England Region

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Providence College
Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Providence College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Maine

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Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is located in Durham, New Hampshire and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region list. Yale University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 3 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2021-2022.

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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Yale Engineering & Applied Physics Report

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

University of Connecticut did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 8 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full UCONN Engineering & Applied Physics Report

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Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Brown University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region ranking. Brown University is a fairly large school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 4 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at Brown

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Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire

Dartmouth College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Hanover, New Hampshire is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Dartmouth Engineering & Applied Physics Report

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 3 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy, Massachusetts

With a ranking of #9, Eastern Nazarene College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region list. Eastern Nazarene College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Quincy, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full ENC Engineering & Applied Physics Report

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Saint Anselm College
Manchester, New Hampshire

Saint Anselm College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Saint Anselm College Engineering & Applied Physics Report

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