a bachelor's degree in physics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #62 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Physics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 146 bachelor's degrees in physics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on physics students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of physics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt physics students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for physics students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Physics in Utah
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in physics.
Brigham Young University - Provo is a wonderful option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in physics. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the physics program make around $40,730 in the first couple years of their career.
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in physics needs to check out University of Utah. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the physics program report average early career earnings of $41,887.
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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