2024 Best Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southeast Region
7Colleges in the Southeast Region
41Health/Medical Physics Degrees Awarded
When it comes to popularity, health/medical physics sits in the middle of the road, ranking #770 out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for health/medical physics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 41 degrees in health/medical physics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The health/medical physics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Health/Medical Physics rankings. We derive our Best Overall Health/Medical 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.
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 Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Health/Medical Physics in the Southeast 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 health/medical physics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Health/Medical Physics
Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in health/medical physics. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 health/medical physics students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Alabama at Birmingham is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in health/medical physics. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 6 health/medical physics students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent data year.
University of Kentucky is a great option for students pursuing a degree in health/medical physics. UK is a very large public university located in the large city of Lexington. This university ranks 1st out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 9 health/medical physics students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in health/medical physics needs to take a look at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were roughly 2 health/medical physics students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #24 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 6 health/medical physics students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 4 health/medical physics students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year.
FAU is a very large public university located in the city of Boca Raton. This university ranks 13th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 8 health/medical physics students who graduated with this degree at FAU 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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The health/medical physics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Health/Medical Physics rankings. We derive our Best Overall Health/Medical 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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