Engineering Physics Applied Physics

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 112 institutions across the United States, with a total of 3141 degrees awarded annually.

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

691

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

203

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

2,094

awards given

Top Schools for Engineering Physics Applied Physics

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management Wright-Patterson AFB, OH	318
2	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	288
3	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	192
4	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	168
5	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	156
6	Murray State University Murray, KY	114
7	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	93
8	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	87
9	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	84
10	Yale University New Haven, CT	75
11	University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI	75
12	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL	72
13	Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX	66
14	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	60
15	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	57
16	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	54
17	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	51
18	Delaware State University Dover, DE	42
19	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	39
20	Fordham University Bronx, NY	39
21	Biola University La Mirada, CA	36
22	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	33
23	Lansing Community College Lansing, MI	33
24	Rice University Houston, TX	30
25	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	27
26	University of Maine Orono, ME	27
27	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	24
28	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	24
29	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	21
30	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	21
31	Whittier College Whittier, CA	18
32	Juniata College Huntingdon, PA	18
33	Carroll University Waukesha, WI	18
34	Marian University Indianapolis, IN	18
35	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	18
36	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	18
37	Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, AR	18
38	Kettering University Flint, MI	18
39	Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA	15
40	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	15
41	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	15
42	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	15
43	University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR	15
44	Tufts University Medford, MA	15
45	John Carroll University University Heights, OH	15
46	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	15
47	New York University New York, NY	15
48	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	15
49	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	12
50	Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, MI	12
51	Augustana College Rock Island, IL	12
52	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	12
53	Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO	12
54	Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN	12
55	Trinity University San Antonio, TX	12
56	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	12
57	Texas Lutheran University Seguin, TX	12
58	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY	12
59	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	12
60	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	12
61	Xavier University Cincinnati, OH	9
62	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	9
63	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	9
64	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	9
65	Boston University Boston, MA	9
66	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	9
67	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	9
68	Hamline University Saint Paul, MN	9
69	Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN	9
70	Samford University Birmingham, AL	9
71	Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford, OK	9
72	University of St Thomas Houston, TX	9
73	Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA	9
74	Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VA	9
75	Randolph College Lynchburg, VA	9
76	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN	6
77	Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT	6
78	Albion College Albion, MI	6
79	Linfield University McMinnville, OR	6
80	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	6
81	Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA	6
82	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	6
83	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	6
84	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	6
85	Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA	6
86	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	6
87	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	6
88	Goshen College Goshen, IN	6
89	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	6
90	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	6
91	Morgan State University Baltimore, MD	6
92	Siena College Loudonville, NY	6
93	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	3
94	Drew University Madison, NJ	3
95	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	3
96	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	3
97	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	3
98	Elon University Elon, NC	3
99	Benedictine College Atchison, KS	3
100	Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR	3