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
#1	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	4.9
#1	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	4.9
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	4.9
#1	Stanford University Stanford, CA	4.9
#5	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	4.8
#5	University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.8
#7	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	4.6
#7	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	4.6
#9	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	4.5
#10	University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	4.4
#11	Columbia University New York, NY	4.2
#11	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.2
#11	Yale University New Haven, CT	4.2
#14	University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA	4.1
#14	University of Maryland–College Park College Park, MD	4.1
#14	University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	4.1
#17	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	4.0
#17	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	4.0
#19	Johns Hopkins University (Rowland) Baltimore, MD	3.9
#19	University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	3.9
#19	University of Colorado–Boulder Boulder, CO	3.9
#19	University of Washington Seattle, WA	3.9
#23	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	3.7
#23	Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA	3.7
#23	Stony Brook University–SUNY Stony Brook, NY	3.7

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