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 University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

N/A
#63 University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

2.9
#40 University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

3.3
#19 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

3.9
#17 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

4.0
#102 University of Wisconsin–​Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

2.4
#145 University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

2.0
#133 Utah State University

Logan, UT

2.1
#57 Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

3.0
#63 Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

2.9
#122 Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

2.2
#77 Washington State University

Pullman, WA

2.7
#40 Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

3.3
#113 Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

2.3
#133 Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

2.1
#122 West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

2.2
Rank Not Published Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

N/A
Rank Not Published Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

N/A
#11 Yale University

New Haven, CT

4.2

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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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