2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physics in Connecticut

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physics Major in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physics is the 68th most popular major in the country with 13,674 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,960 and had an average of $22,756 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 191 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,424 and $25,235 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,452 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physics Major in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in physics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physics Major in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut doctor’s degree physics students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physics in Connecticut

1

Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

#1 overall quality in Connecticut

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physics Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 20 doctorate’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Physics at Yale University

2

Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wesleyan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physics Major in Connecticut list. Wesleyan U is a small school located in Middletown, Connecticut that handed out 2 doctorate’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Wesleyan U Physics Report

3

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

#4 overall quality in Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physics Major in Connecticut list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s physics students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Physics at UCONN

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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