Other Physics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #596 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in California 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 125 degrees in other physics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The other physics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Physics rankings. For our Best Overall Other Physics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Other Physics Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the other physics degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Stanford University if you want to pursue a degree in other physics. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 34 other physics students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent data year.
University of California - San Diego is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in other physics. UCSD is a fairly large public university located in the large city of La Jolla. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 other physics students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of California - Irvine if you want to pursue a degree in other physics. UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the city of Irvine. This university ranks 15th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 33 other physics students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in other physics needs to look into University of California - Davis. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 16 other physics students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The other physics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Physics rankings. For our Best Overall Other Physics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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