2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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General Physical Sciences is the 135th most popular major in the country with 4,159 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 1,299 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,600 and $11,591 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general physical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree physical science students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,706 Average Net Price

$39,009 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Science students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe General Physical Sciences Report

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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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