Physics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #68 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of physics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 107 degrees in physics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of physics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Physics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 South Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 physics degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in physics needs to look into Wofford College. Located in the city of Spartanburg, Wofford is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 4th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 8 physics students who graduated with this degree at Wofford in the most recent data year.
University of South Carolina - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in physics. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 physics students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat College of Charleston if you wish to pursue a degree in physics. Located in the city of Charleston, C of C is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 8th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 10 physics students who graduated with this degree at C of C 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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