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
#113	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM	2.3
#93	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	2.5
#40	New York University New York, NY	3.3
#52	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	3.1
#63	Northeastern University Boston, MA	2.9
#145	Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL	2.0
#30	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	3.5
#23	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	3.7
#93	Ohio University Athens, OH	2.5
#102	Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK	2.4
#122	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	2.2
#77	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	2.7
#23	Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA	3.7
Rank Not Published	Portland State University Portland, OR	N/A
#5	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	4.8
#40	Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	3.3
#57	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	3.0
#26	Rice University Houston, TX	3.6
#70	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	2.8
#63	Rockefeller University New York, NY	2.9
#26	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ	3.6
#133	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	2.1
#1	Stanford University Stanford, CA	4.9
#122	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	2.2
#23	Stony Brook University–SUNY Stony Brook, NY	3.7

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