2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in general physical sciences, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,050 and had an average of $13,137 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 214 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,800 and $11,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general physical sciences 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 general physical sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$15,642 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

WKU also made our “Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend WKU is $15,642 for southeast region bachelor’s degree physical science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on General Physical Sciences at WKU

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$24,657 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical science students in 2019-2020.

Emory not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Emory is $24,657 for southeast region bachelor’s degree physical science students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.

Full Emory General Physical Sciences Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $75-$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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