Physics

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0801 - 40.0899.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 808 institutions across the United States, with a total of 39956 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1,298

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

7,715

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

2,152

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

2,074

degrees awarded

Other Awards

26,650

awards given

Top Schools for Physics

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	732
2	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	609
3	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	519
4	New York University New York, NY	513
5	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	501
6	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	447
7	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	395
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	393
9	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	375
10	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	354
11	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	354
12	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	342
13	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	336
14	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	336
15	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	336
16	Stanford University Stanford, CA	333
17	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	333
18	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	330
19	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	330
20	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	324
21	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	303
22	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	297
23	Irvine Valley College Irvine, CA	297
24	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	291
25	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	285
26	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	285
27	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	279
28	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	270
29	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	258
30	Yale University New Haven, CT	255
31	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	252
32	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	252
33	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	246
34	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	243
35	Brown University Providence, RI	240
36	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	237
37	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	234
38	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	222
39	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	216
40	Duke University Durham, NC	210
41	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	210
42	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	204
43	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	204
44	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	204
45	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	201
46	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	183
47	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	180
48	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	171
49	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	171
50	Boston University Boston, MA	168
51	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	168
52	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	168
53	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	165
54	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	165
55	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	159
56	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	159
57	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	159
58	Northeastern University Boston, MA	156
59	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	153
60	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	153
61	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	150
62	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	150
63	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	148
64	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	147
65	University of Houston Houston, TX	144
66	University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL	141
67	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	141
68	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	138
69	Rice University Houston, TX	138
70	Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA	132
71	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	132
72	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	132
73	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	132
74	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	132
75	Moorpark College Moorpark, CA	129
76	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	129
77	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	129
78	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	126
79	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	126
80	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	126
81	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	126
82	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	123
83	Texas A & M University-Commerce Commerce, TX	123
84	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	117
85	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	117
86	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	114
87	Tufts University Medford, MA	114
88	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	114
89	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	111
90	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	111
91	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	108
92	Clemson University Clemson, SC	102
93	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	102
94	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	99
95	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	99
96	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	99
97	College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA	96
98	Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills, CA	96
99	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	96
100	University of North Texas Denton, TX	93