General Physics is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #60 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general physics. Combined, these schools handed out 320 degrees in general physics to qualified students.
Your choice of general 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 general physics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 General Physics Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.
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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 general physics degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general physics. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were approximately 105 general physics students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
Michigan State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in general physics. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 78 general physics students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Kalamazoo College is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in general physics. K College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Kalamazoo. This college ranks 13th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 15 general physics students who graduated with this degree at K College in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Western Michigan University if you want to pursue a degree in general physics. WMU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Kalamazoo. A Best Colleges rank of #335 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 general physics students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #381 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Wayne State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 general physics students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 3 general physics students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
Hope is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Holland. This college ranks 8th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 3 general physics students who graduated with this degree at Hope in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 4 general physics students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of general 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 general physics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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