2024 Best Other Physics Schools in the Far Western US Region
7Colleges in the Far Western US Region
167Other Physics Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in other physics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #596 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for other physics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 167 degrees in other physics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of other physics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Physics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
The other physics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Other Physics Schools in the Far Western US Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Other Physics in the Far Western US Region
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 other physics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Other Physics
Stanford University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in other physics. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were about 34 other physics students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in other physics needs to take a look at University of California - San Diego. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were roughly 28 other physics students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - Irvine is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in other physics. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 33 other physics students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of California - Davis if you want to pursue a degree in other physics. UC Davis is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Davis. A Best Colleges rank of #52 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were about 16 other physics students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 34 other physics students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 8 other physics students who graduated with this degree at Whitworth 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 other physics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Physics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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