2021 Best Physics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
3Colleges
637Bachelor's Degrees
$35,937Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Physics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Physics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a bachelor's in physics. 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 Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
Check out the physics programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
University of Arizona tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional physics students. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson. University of Arizona also made our Best Colleges for Physics in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #1.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. 12,642 of University of Arizona students are attending part time.
The University of Texas at Austin earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Physics in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 0.8% of UT Austin students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 23,198 students at UT Austin that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,479 part time students in attendance at UT Austin.
Arizona State University - Tempe comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population. ASU - Tempe not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Physics in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at ASU - Tempe is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. About 8,480 of the students at ASU - Tempe are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 3 schools 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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