2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Engineering & Applied Physics is the 448th most popular major in the country with 1,044 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 135 engineering & applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 engineering & applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering & applied physics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering & applied physics.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree applied physics students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region list. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Engineering & Applied Physics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Physics Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s applied physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Engineering & Applied Physics 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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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