2022 Best Value Colleges for Astrophysics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Astrophysics is the 671st most popular major in the country with 383 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 5 astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality astrophysics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the astrophysics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The astrophysical sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region astrophysical sciences students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Astrophysics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$19,432 Average Net Price

$67,244 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Astrophysical Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s astrophysical sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Astrophysics Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Vanderbilt University is $19,432 for southeast region astrophysical sciences students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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