2024 Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools
54
Colleges in the United States
994
Applied Physics Degrees Awarded
A degree in
engineering & applied physics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #448 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 54 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of engineering & applied physics. Combined, these schools handed out 994 degrees in engineering & applied physics to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Engineering & Applied Physics School
Your choice of engineering & applied physics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering & applied physics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Engineering & Applied Physics Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.
Best Schools for Engineering & Applied Physics in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the applied physics degrees they offer, see the list below.
10 Top Schools in Applied Physics
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In MA
Harvard University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in engineering & applied physics. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were approximately 17 engineering & applied physics students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in engineering & applied physics from Harvard University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In NY
41
Applied Physics Degrees Awarded
Columbia University in the City of New York is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in engineering & applied physics. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 engineering & applied physics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
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Any student pursuing a degree in engineering & applied physics has to take a look at Northwestern University. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 7 engineering & applied physics students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
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Rice University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in engineering & applied physics. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Houston. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Rice is a great university overall.
There were about 10 engineering & applied physics students who graduated with this degree at Rice in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in engineering & applied physics from Rice University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In NY
62
Applied Physics Degrees Awarded
Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 62 engineering & applied physics students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
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