Best Graduate Physics Programs in US 2015

Ranked by US News

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More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School name Score
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA, US)

5.0
#2 California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA, US)

4.9
#2 Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA, US)

4.9
#2 Princeton University

(Princeton, NJ, US)

4.9
#2 Stanford University

(Stanford, CA, US)

4.9
#2 University of California—​Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA, US)

4.9
#7 Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY, US)

4.7
#7 University of Chicago

(Chicago, IL, US)

4.7
#9 University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

(Urbana, IL, US)

4.6
#10 University of California—​Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA, US)

4.5
#11 Columbia University

(New York, NY, US)

4.3
#11 University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI, US)

4.3
#11 Yale University

(New Haven, CT, US)

4.3
#14 University of Maryland—​College Park

(College Park, MD, US)

4.2
#14 University of Texas—​Austin

(Austin, TX, US)

4.2
#16 University of California—​San Diego

(La Jolla, CA, US)

4.1
#16 University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

4.1
#18 Johns Hopkins University (Rowland)

(Baltimore, MD, US)

4.0
#18 University of California—​Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

4.0
#18 University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO, US)

4.0
#18 University of Wisconsin—​Madison

(Madison, WI, US)

4.0
#22 University of Washington

(Seattle, WA, US)

3.9
#23 Ohio State University

(Columbus, OH, US)

3.8
#23 Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

(University Park, PA, US)

3.8
#23 Stony Brook University—​SUNY

(Stony Brook, NY, US)

3.8
#26 Northwestern University

(Evanston, IL, US)

3.7
#26 Rice University

(Houston, TX, US)

3.7
#26 University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

(Minneapolis, MN, US)

3.7
#29 Brown University

(Providence, RI, US)

3.6
#29 Duke University

(Durham, NC, US)

3.6
#29 Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA, US)

3.6
#29 Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI, US)

3.6
#29 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

(Piscataway, NJ, US)

3.6
#29 University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA, US)

3.6
#29 University of California—​Irvine

(Irvine, CA, US)

3.6
#36 Carnegie Mellon University

(Pittsburgh, PA, US)

3.5
#36 New York University

(New York, NY, US)

3.5
#36 University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL, US)

3.5
#39 Boston University

(Boston, MA, US)

3.4
#39 Indiana University—​Bloomington

(Bloomington, IN, US)

3.4
#39 University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ, US)

3.4
#39 University of California—​Santa Cruz

(Santa Cruz, CA, US)

3.4
#39 University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill

(Chapel Hill, NC, US)

3.4
#44 Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL, US)

3.3
#44 Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN, US)

3.3
#44 Texas A&M University—​College Station

(College Station, TX, US)

3.3
#44 University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY, US)

3.3
#44 University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA, US)

3.3
#44 Washington University in St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO, US)

3.3
#50 Arizona State University

(Tempe, AZ, US)

3.2
#50 Iowa State University

(Ames, IA, US)

3.2
#50 University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

(Worcester, MA, US)

3.2
#50 University of Pittsburgh

(Pittsburgh, PA, US)

3.2
#54 North Carolina State University

(Raleigh, NC, US)

3.1
#54 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY, US)

3.1
#54 University of California—​Riverside

(Riverside, CA, US)

3.1
#54 University of Notre Dame

(Notre Dame, IN, US)

3.1
#54 University of Oregon

(Eugene, OR, US)

3.1
#54 Vanderbilt University

(Nashville, TN, US)

3.1
#60 Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH, US)

3.0
#60 Northeastern University

(Boston, MA, US)

3.0
#60 University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA, US)

3.0
#60 University of Southern California

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

3.0
#60 Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA, US)

3.0
#65 Brandeis University

(Waltham, MA, US)

2.9
#65 Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY, US)

2.9
#65 University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL, US)

2.9
#65 University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN, US)

2.9
#65 University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT, US)

2.9
#70 Colorado State University

(Fort Collins, CO, US)

2.8
#70 CUNY Graduate School and University Center

(New York, NY, US)

2.8
#70 Dartmouth College

(Hanover, NH, US)

2.8
#70 Louisiana State University—​Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA, US)

2.8
#70 Rochester Institute of Technology

(Rochester, NY, US)

2.8
#70 University of Connecticut

(Storrs, CT, US)

2.8
#70 University of Nebraska—​Lincoln

(Lincoln, NE, US)

2.8
#77 Boston College

(Chestnut Hill, MA, US)

2.7
#77 College of William and Mary

(Williamsburg, VA, US)

2.7
#77 Colorado School of Mines

(Golden, CO, US)

2.7
#77 Georgetown University

(Washington, DC, US)

2.7
#77 Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR, US)

2.7
#77 Tufts University

(Medford, MA, US)

2.7
#77 University of Delaware

(Newark, DE, US)

2.7
#77 Washington State University

(Pullman, WA, US)

2.7
#85 Emory University

(Atlanta, GA, US)

2.6
#85 Kansas State University

(Manhattan, KS, US)

2.6
#85 Ohio University

(Athens, OH, US)

2.6
#85 University at Buffalo—​SUNY

(Buffalo, NY, US)

2.6
#85 University of Central Florida

(Orlando, FL, US)

2.6
#85 University of Georgia

(Athens, GA, US)

2.6
#85 University of Hawaii—​Manoa

(Honolulu, HI, US)

2.6
#85 University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS, US)

2.6
#85 University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque, NM, US)

2.6
#85 University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK, US)

2.6
#95 Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

2.5
#95 Lehigh University

(Bethlehem, PA, US)

2.5
#95 Tulane University

(New Orleans, LA, US)

2.5
#95 University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL, US)

2.5
#95 University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY, US)

2.5
#95 University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO, US)

2.5
#95 University of Texas—​Dallas

(Richardson, TX, US)

2.5
#95 University of Wisconsin—​Milwaukee

(Milwaukee, WI, US)

2.5

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