2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in physical science, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 214 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical science 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 physical science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$11,962 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. WKU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 3 bachelors’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU also made our “Best Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $11,962 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Sciences students with aid per year to attend Western Kentucky University.

Read more about Physical Science at Western Kentucky University

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$23,734 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Emory also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Emory University is $23,734 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Sciences students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Physical Science at Emory

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science (With Aid)

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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