Best Schools for Physics
Top colleges ranked by median earnings 2 years after graduation.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · Private
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · Private
Northeastern University
Boston, MA · Private
DePaul University
Chicago, IL · Private
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY · Private
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN · Private
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ · Public
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · Public
Portland State University
Portland, OR · Public
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA · Private
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR · Public
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX · Public
California State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, CA · Public
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX · Public
Whitworth University
Spokane, WA · Private
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham, NH · Public
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT · Private
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA · Public
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Magnolia, AR · Public
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · Public
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI · Public
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL · Public
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA · Public
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT · Public
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA · Public
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD · Public
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY · Private
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH · Public
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA · Public
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA · Public
University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Bothell, WA · Public
Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD · Public
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · Public
Villanova University
Villanova, PA · Private
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA · Public
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN · Public
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ · Public
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO · Public
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
La Crosse, WI · Public
Carleton College
Northfield, MN · Private
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN · Public
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL · Public
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA · Public
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ · Public
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO · Public
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY · Public
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID ·
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, SC · Public
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR · Public
Data source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard - earnings data for graduates with this field of study.
Earnings: Median earnings 2 years after graduation for students who completed this major.
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