If you plan on majoring in physics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #68 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for physics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 187 degrees in physics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Physics Schools in Utah list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 physics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in physics needs to take a look at Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the physics program state that they receive average early career income of $40,730.
University of Utah is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in physics. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who receive their degree from the physics program make an average of $41,887 for their early career.
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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