A program focusing on the use of physics principles in the analysis and evaluation of engineering problems and other scientific applications. Includes instruction in high- and low-temperature phenomena, computational physics, superconductivity, applied thermodynamics, molecular and particle physics applications, and space science research.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management | 92 | 20% | N/A |
| 2 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 85 | 1% | $30,102 |
| 3 | Colorado School of Mines | 71 | 5% | $35,498 |
| 4 | Cornell University | 41 | 1% | $73,904 |
| 5 | University of Colorado Boulder | 29 | 0% | $31,044 |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 27 | 0% | $76,856 |
| 7 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 26 | 2% | $53,250 |
| 8 | Fordham University | 26 | 1% | $74,265 |
| 9 | Lansing Community College | 25 | 1% | $4,330 |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 25 | 1% | $19,323 |
| 11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 23 | 0% | $27,367 |
| 12 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 20 | 1% | $72,296 |
| 13 | Point Loma Nazarene University | 15 | 1% | $51,308 |
| 14 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 15 | 1% | $69,292 |
| 15 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 15 | 3% | $35,902 |
| 16 | California Institute of Technology | 14 | 4% | $72,084 |
| 17 | Augustana College | 14 | 2% | $54,907 |
| 18 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 14 | 0% | $30,298 |
| 19 | Murray State University | 14 | 1% | $23,472 |
| 20 | Naval Postgraduate School | 14 | 1% | N/A |
| 21 | University of Maine | 13 | 1% | $25,088 |
| 22 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 13 | 0% | $29,097 |
| 23 | New York University | 12 | 0% | $73,566 |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 12 | 0% | $32,838 |
| 25 | Stephen F Austin State University | 12 | 0% | $22,156 |
| 26 | Kettering University | 10 | 2% | $60,427 |
| 27 | Rice University | 9 | 0% | $65,150 |
| 28 | University of California-Berkeley | 9 | 0% | $38,066 |
| 29 | Loras College | 9 | 3% | $45,570 |
| 30 | Harvard University | 9 | 0% | $71,650 |
| 31 | Juniata College | 9 | 2% | $60,368 |
| 32 | Case Western Reserve University | 9 | 0% | $67,332 |
| 33 | Delaware State University | 8 | 1% | $23,420 |
| 34 | Biola University | 8 | 1% | $56,956 |
| 35 | University of Connecticut | 8 | 0% | $32,404 |
| 36 | Brown University | 8 | 0% | $73,802 |
| 37 | Southeast Missouri State University | 8 | 0% | $21,570 |
| 38 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 8 | 0% | $21,380 |
| 39 | Randolph-Macon College | 7 | 2% | $55,860 |
| 40 | John Carroll University | 7 | 1% | $57,464 |
| 41 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 5 | 1% | $67,697 |
| 42 | Saint Anselm College | 5 | 1% | $59,294 |
| 43 | Linfield College-McMinnville Campus | 5 | 1% | $59,007 |
| 44 | Southwestern Oklahoma State University | 5 | 0% | $21,241 |
| 45 | Samford University | 4 | 0% | $47,863 |
| 46 | Santa Clara University | 4 | 0% | $71,778 |
| 47 | Yale University | 4 | 0% | $73,900 |
| 48 | University of the Pacific | 4 | 0% | $66,971 |
| 49 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 4 | 0% | $20,471 |
| 50 | Randolph College | 4 | 2% | $57,115 |
| 51 | Morehouse College | 4 | 1% | $48,500 |
| 52 | University of Central Oklahoma | 4 | 0% | $24,091 |
| 53 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 4 | 0% | $65,386 |
| 54 | Eastern Michigan University | 4 | 0% | $26,196 |
| 55 | Kansas Wesleyan University | 3 | 2% | $42,200 |
| 56 | Xavier University | 3 | 0% | $54,310 |
| 57 | Tufts University | 3 | 0% | $73,500 |
| 58 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 3 | 0% | $33,750 |
| 59 | Westmont College | 3 | 1% | $62,600 |
| 60 | Otterbein University | 3 | 0% | $46,908 |
| 61 | Elon University | 3 | 0% | $51,049 |
| 62 | Dartmouth College | 3 | 0% | $74,359 |
| 63 | University of Kansas | 2 | 0% | $26,566 |
| 64 | Arkansas Tech University | 2 | 0% | $18,785 |
| 65 | University at Buffalo | 2 | 0% | $27,758 |
| 66 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 | 0% | $67,369 |
| 67 | Salem Community College | 2 | 1% | $7,070 |
| 68 | Westminster College | 2 | 1% | $50,186 |
| 69 | Providence College | 2 | 0% | $67,300 |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 0% | $26,025 |
| 71 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 2 | 0% | $47,290 |
| 72 | University of Tulsa | 2 | 0% | $59,725 |
| 73 | Doane University-Arts & Sciences | 2 | 1% | $48,570 |
| 74 | Arizona State University-Polytechnic | 1 | 0% | $26,101 |
| 75 | Carroll University | 1 | 0% | $45,360 |
| 76 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 0% | $30,866 |
| 77 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 1 | 0% | $39,484 |
| 78 | University of Nevada-Reno | 1 | 0% | $25,039 |
| 79 | LeTourneau University | 1 | 0% | $44,420 |
| 80 | Texas Lutheran University | 1 | 0% | $43,310 |
| 81 | Miami University-Oxford | 1 | 0% | $33,229 |
| 82 | Anderson University | 1 | 0% | $45,290 |
| 83 | Carson-Newman University | 1 | 0% | $41,320 |
| 84 | Goshen College | 1 | 0% | $47,940 |
| 85 | Spring Arbor University | 1 | 0% | $41,400 |
| 86 | Eckerd College | 1 | 0% | $61,576 |
| 87 | Piedmont College | 1 | 0% | $40,478 |
| 88 | Morningside College | 1 | 0% | $45,579 |
| 89 | Northeastern State University | 1 | 0% | $17,666 |
| 90 | Morgan State University | 1 | 0% | $24,101 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Engineering Physics/Applied Physics program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.