Physics General

A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, mechanics, wave properties, nuclear processes, relativity and quantum theory, quantitative methods, and laboratory methods.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 796 institutions across the United States, with a total of 37036 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1,298

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

7,331

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,774

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

1,902

degrees awarded

Other Awards

24,699

awards given

Top Schools for Physics General

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 Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	519
3	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	501
4	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	447
5	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	395
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	393
7	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	375
8	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	342
9	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	342
10	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	336
11	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	336
12	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	330
13	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	324
14	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	324
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	303
16	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	303
17	Irvine Valley College Irvine, CA	297
18	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	291
19	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	261
20	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	258
21	Yale University New Haven, CT	252
22	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	252
23	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	246
24	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	243
25	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	243
26	Brown University Providence, RI	240
27	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	237
28	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	228
29	Stanford University Stanford, CA	219
30	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	219
31	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	216
32	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	210
33	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	207
34	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	204
35	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	204
36	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	204
37	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	204
38	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	201
39	New York University New York, NY	192
40	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	192
41	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	189
42	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	183
43	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	171
44	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	171
45	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	168
46	Boston University Boston, MA	168
47	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	168
48	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	165
49	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	162
50	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	162
51	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	159
52	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	159
53	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	159
54	Northeastern University Boston, MA	156
55	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	153
56	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	150
57	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	147
58	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	147
59	University of Houston Houston, TX	144
60	University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL	141
61	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	138
62	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	138
63	Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA	132
64	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	132
65	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	132
66	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	132
67	Moorpark College Moorpark, CA	129
68	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	129
69	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	129
70	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	129
71	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	126
72	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	126
73	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	126
74	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	123
75	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	123
76	Texas A & M University-Commerce Commerce, TX	123
77	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	117
78	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	117
79	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	114
80	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	114
81	Tufts University Medford, MA	114
82	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	114
83	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	111
84	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	111
85	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	108
86	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	108
87	Rice University Houston, TX	108
88	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	102
89	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	99
90	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	99
91	College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA	96
92	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	96
93	Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills, CA	96
94	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	96
95	Clemson University Clemson, SC	96
96	Duke University Durham, NC	93
97	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	93
98	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	93
99	University of North Texas Denton, TX	93
100	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	90