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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics and Astronomy (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Physics and Astronomy is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 55 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across the Southeast region, there were 54 physics and astronomy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 physics and astronomy graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physics and astronomy 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 physics and astronomy program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree physics and astronomy students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics and Astronomy (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Physics and Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physics and astronomy degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physics and Astronomy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $17,127 for southeast region bachelor’s degree physics and astronomy students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UK.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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