Physics

Ranked in 2010 | Physics Rankings Methodology

Graduate schools for physics typically offer a range of specialty programs, from quantum physics to relativity, as well as plentiful research opportunities to bolster a science education. These are the best physics schools.

Rank School name Score
Rank Not Published Air Force Institute of Technology

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

N/A
Rank Not Published Alabama A&M University

Normal, AL

N/A
#48 Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

3.2
#122 Auburn University

Auburn, AL

2.2
#113 Baylor University

Waco, TX

2.3
#77 Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

2.7
#40 Boston University

Boston, MA

3.3
#63 Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

2.9
#102 Brigham Young University

Provo, UT

2.4
#30 Brown University

Providence, RI

3.5
#1 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

4.9
#30 Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

3.5
#63 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

2.9
#145 Catholic University of America

Washington, DC

2.0
#133 Clark University

Worcester, MA

2.1
Rank Not Published Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

N/A
#102 Clemson University

Clemson, SC

2.4
#85 College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

2.6
#77 Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO

2.7
#70 Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

2.8
#11 Columbia University

New York, NY

4.2
#7 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

4.6
#63 CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

2.9
#70 Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

2.8
#93 Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

2.5

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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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