2025 Best Engineering Physics Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
135Engineering Physics Degrees Awarded
$64,465Avg Early-Career Salary
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in engineering physics. It is ranked #244 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of engineering physics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 135 degrees in engineering physics annually.
The engineering physics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Physics rankings. We derive our Best Overall Engineering Physics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Physics Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Engineering Physics in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering physics degree levels they offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Engineering Physics
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering physics. Located in the small city of Daytona Beach, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 36 engineering physics students who graduated with this degree at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering physics program report average early career wages of $56,889.
It's difficult to beat Tulane University of Louisiana if you want to pursue a degree in engineering physics. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Orleans. A Best Colleges rank of #95 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.
There were about 19 engineering physics students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent data year.
Murray State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering physics. Located in the distant town of Murray, Murray State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 16th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 26 engineering physics students who graduated with this degree at Murray State in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, engineering physics degree recipients generally make an average of $58,025 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The engineering physics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Physics rankings. We derive our Best Overall Engineering Physics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
