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2022 Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 941 people earned their degree in engineering physics, making the major the 239th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,675 and had an average of $20,001 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 65 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,700 and $3,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering physics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering physics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering physics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make more than $110k list, UT Rio Grande Valley has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering Physics at UT Rio Grande Valley

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend NMSU Main Campus.

Read more about Engineering Physics at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering physics students in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make more than $110k.

Full UCO Engineering Physics Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Engineering Physics at University of Oklahoma

#5

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. LeTourneau University is located in Longview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make more than $110k list, LETU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for LETU is $23,196 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make more than $110k.

Full LETU Engineering 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%.

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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