2021 Best Physics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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696Bachelor's Degrees
$37,372Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Physics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physics programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physics program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Physics School for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The following school tops our list of the Best Physics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
University of Massachusetts Amherst has taken the #1 spot in this year's physics ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population. UMass Amherst also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Physics in the New England Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. 4,105 students at UMass Amherst are exclusively online. There are roughly 6,786 part time students in attendance at UMass Amherst.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top school only.
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 the rest 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).
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