Colleges with Great Programs in Physics
Most liberal arts and sciences schools offer courses in physics—after all, it’s a core subject. But where can you find physics departments that go beyond the basics? The following colleges offer programs that are worth a second look.
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- Amherst College
(Amherst, MA)
- Bethel University
(St. Paul, MN)
- Boston University
(Boston, MA)
- Bradley University
(Peoria, IL)
- Brandeis University
(Waltham, MA)
- Brigham Young University -- Provo
(Provo, UT)
- Bryn Mawr College
(Bryn Mawr, PA)
- CUNY -- City College
(New York, NY)
- Cal Poly -- San Luis Obispo
(San Luis Obispo, CA)
- California Institute of Technology
(Pasadena, CA)
- Carleton College
(Northfield, MN)
- Carnegie Mellon University
(Pittsburgh, PA)
- Colorado School of Mines
(Golden, CO)
- Cornell University
(Ithaca, NY)
- Creighton University
(Omaha, NE)
- Dartmouth College
(Hanover, NH)
- George Washington University
(Washington, DC)
- Grinnell College
(Grinnell, IA)
- Grove City College
(Grove City, PA)
- Harvard University
(Cambridge, MA)
- Harvey Mudd College
(Claremont, CA)
- Johns Hopkins University
(Baltimore, MD)
- Kansas State University
(Manhattan, KS)
- Kettering University
(Flint, MI)
- Lafayette College
(Easton, PA)
- Lawrence University
(Appleton, WI)
- Macalester College
(St. Paul, MN)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Cambridge, MA)
- McGill University
(Montreal, CAN)
- Oberlin College
(Oberlin, OH)
- Occidental College
(Los Angeles, CA)
- Pomona College
(Claremont, CA)
- Princeton University
(Princeton, NJ)
- Reed College
(Portland, OR)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(Troy, NY)
- Rice University
(Houston, TX)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey -- New Brunswick
(Piscataway, NJ)
- SUNY -- Albany
(Albany, NY)
- SUNY College of Arts and Sciences -- Geneseo
(Geneseo, NY)
- Sonoma State University
(Rohnert Park, CA)
- Swarthmore College
(Swarthmore, PA)
- Tuskegee University
(Tuskegee, AL)
- University of Arkansas
(Fayetteville, AR)
- University of California -- Berkeley
(Berkeley, CA)
- University of California -- Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, CA)
- University of California -- Santa Barbara
(Santa Barbara, CA)
- University of Chicago
(Chicago, IL)
- University of Houston
(Houston, TX)
- University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign
(Champaign, IL)
- University of Maryland -- College Park
(College Park, MD)
- University of New Hampshire
(Durham, NH)
- University of Rochester
(Rochester, NY)
- University of South Carolina -- Columbia
(Columbia, SC)
- University of Texas -- Austin
(Austin, TX)
- University of Tulsa
(Tulsa, OK)
- University of Virginia
(Charlottesville, VA)
- University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
(Milwaukee, WI)
- Ursinus College
(Collegeville, PA)
- Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, TN)
- Wake Forest University
(Winston Salem, NC)
- Whitman College
(Walla Walla, WA)
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