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 | Augustana College | 14 | 2% | $54,907 |
| 17 | Naval Postgraduate School | 14 | 1% | N/A |
| 18 | Murray State University | 14 | 1% | $23,472 |
| 19 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 14 | 0% | $30,298 |
| 20 | California Institute of Technology | 14 | 4% | $72,084 |
| 21 | University of Maine | 13 | 1% | $25,088 |
| 22 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 13 | 0% | $29,097 |
| 23 | University of California-San Diego | 12 | 0% | $32,838 |
| 24 | Stephen F Austin State University | 12 | 0% | $22,156 |
| 25 | New York University | 12 | 0% | $73,566 |
| 26 | Kettering University | 10 | 2% | $60,427 |
| 27 | Case Western Reserve University | 9 | 0% | $67,332 |
| 28 | Juniata College | 9 | 2% | $60,368 |
| 29 | Loras College | 9 | 3% | $45,570 |
| 30 | Harvard University | 9 | 0% | $71,650 |
| 31 | Rice University | 9 | 0% | $65,150 |
| 32 | University of California-Berkeley | 9 | 0% | $38,066 |
| 33 | Brown University | 8 | 0% | $73,802 |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 8 | 1% | $23,420 |
| 35 | Biola University | 8 | 1% | $56,956 |
| 36 | Southeast Missouri State University | 8 | 0% | $21,570 |
| 37 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 8 | 0% | $21,380 |
| 38 | University of Connecticut | 8 | 0% | $32,404 |
| 39 | Randolph-Macon College | 7 | 2% | $55,860 |
| 40 | John Carroll University | 7 | 1% | $57,464 |
| 41 | Saint Anselm College | 5 | 1% | $59,294 |
| 42 | Linfield College-McMinnville Campus | 5 | 1% | $59,007 |
| 43 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 5 | 1% | $67,697 |
| 44 | Southwestern Oklahoma State University | 5 | 0% | $21,241 |
| 45 | Randolph College | 4 | 2% | $57,115 |
| 46 | Santa Clara University | 4 | 0% | $71,778 |
| 47 | Morehouse College | 4 | 1% | $48,500 |
| 48 | University of Central Oklahoma | 4 | 0% | $24,091 |
| 49 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 4 | 0% | $20,471 |
| 50 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 4 | 0% | $65,386 |
| 51 | Eastern Michigan University | 4 | 0% | $26,196 |
| 52 | Samford University | 4 | 0% | $47,863 |
| 53 | Yale University | 4 | 0% | $73,900 |
| 54 | University of the Pacific | 4 | 0% | $66,971 |
| 55 | Dartmouth College | 3 | 0% | $74,359 |
| 56 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 3 | 0% | $33,750 |
| 57 | Westmont College | 3 | 1% | $62,600 |
| 58 | Xavier University | 3 | 0% | $54,310 |
| 59 | Otterbein University | 3 | 0% | $46,908 |
| 60 | Tufts University | 3 | 0% | $73,500 |
| 61 | Elon University | 3 | 0% | $51,049 |
| 62 | Kansas Wesleyan University | 3 | 2% | $42,200 |
| 63 | Doane University-Arts & Sciences | 2 | 1% | $48,570 |
| 64 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 2 | 0% | $47,290 |
| 65 | University of Kansas | 2 | 0% | $26,566 |
| 66 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 | 0% | $67,369 |
| 67 | University at Buffalo | 2 | 0% | $27,758 |
| 68 | University of Tulsa | 2 | 0% | $59,725 |
| 69 | Arkansas Tech University | 2 | 0% | $18,785 |
| 70 | Salem Community College | 2 | 1% | $7,070 |
| 71 | Providence College | 2 | 0% | $67,300 |
| 72 | Westminster College | 2 | 1% | $50,186 |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 0% | $26,025 |
| 74 | Arizona State University-Polytechnic | 1 | 0% | $26,101 |
| 75 | Carson-Newman University | 1 | 0% | $41,320 |
| 76 | Morgan State University | 1 | 0% | $24,101 |
| 77 | Goshen College | 1 | 0% | $47,940 |
| 78 | Miami University-Oxford | 1 | 0% | $33,229 |
| 79 | Anderson University | 1 | 0% | $45,290 |
| 80 | Spring Arbor University | 1 | 0% | $41,400 |
| 81 | LeTourneau University | 1 | 0% | $44,420 |
| 82 | University of Nevada-Reno | 1 | 0% | $25,039 |
| 83 | Texas Lutheran University | 1 | 0% | $43,310 |
| 84 | Morningside College | 1 | 0% | $45,579 |
| 85 | Eckerd College | 1 | 0% | $61,576 |
| 86 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 1 | 0% | $39,484 |
| 87 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 0% | $30,866 |
| 88 | Piedmont College | 1 | 0% | $40,478 |
| 89 | Northeastern State University | 1 | 0% | $17,666 |
| 90 | Carroll University | 1 | 0% | $45,360 |
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.