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
#26	Rice University Houston, TX	3.6
#26	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ	3.6
#26	University of California–Davis Davis, CA	3.6
#26	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	3.6
#30	Brown University Providence, RI	3.5
#30	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	3.5
#30	Duke University Durham, NC	3.5
#30	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	3.5
#30	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	3.5
#30	University of California–Irvine Irvine, CA	3.5
#36	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	3.4
#36	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	3.4
#36	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	3.4
#36	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	3.4
#40	Boston University Boston, MA	3.3
#40	Indiana University–Bloomington Bloomington, IN	3.3
#40	New York University New York, NY	3.3
#40	Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	3.3
#40	Texas A&M University–College Station College Station, TX	3.3
#40	University of California–Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	3.3
#40	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	3.3
#40	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	3.3
#48	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	3.2
#48	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	3.2
#48	Iowa State University Ames, IA	3.2

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