2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,200
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 994 people earned their degree in engineering and applied physics, making the major the 448th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 121 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 114 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering and applied physics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering and applied physics programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering and applied physics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying applied physics.
Top 3 Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied physics students in 2020-2021.
Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach supports 8,797 students, and 789 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 521 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,573. To help with additional expenses, 347 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach]](/colleges/embry-riddle-aeronautical-university-daytona-beach/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Bachelor’s. Murray State University is a medium-sized school located in Murray, Kentucky that handed out 29 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Murray State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 9,449 students enrolled at Murray State University, 401 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 133 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,362. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Murray State University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #3 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Tulane also made our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 13,927 students enrolled at Tulane University of Louisiana were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,227. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Tulane Veteran Student Life 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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