2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking.

Engineering Physics is the 239th most popular major in the country with 941 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering physics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering physics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 physics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$23,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering physics students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236.

Read more about Engineering Physics at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#2

Rice University

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #2 spot on the list. Rice is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering Physics at Rice University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income Over $110k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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