Best colleges with Physics degrees

There are 733 colleges in the U.S. where you can study and earn a degree in physics. These are the top ranked colleges offering majors in physics based on the CollegeSimply ranking methodology. The average net price to attend these colleges is $21,094 per year. Folsom Lake College offers the cheapest physics degree with an average net price of $8,982 annually.

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Denver, CO
  • 3.0 | 5 reviews
  • Aug 1 application deadline

CU Denver is a public university known for undergraduate architecture, business, and engineering. The urban campuses include downtown Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Colorado 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 980-1220
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.46
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $14,831
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Lake Forest, IL
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 15 application deadline

Lake Forest is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, business, and biology. The residential campus sits in a North Shore suburb of Chicago near Lake Michigan.

#9 Best Private Colleges in Illinois 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1190-1393
  • Avg GPA 3.62
  • Acceptance Rate 57%
  • Net Price $31,225
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Staten Island, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 15 application deadline

Wagner is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing, theater, and business. The hilltop campus on Staten Island overlooks New York Harbor.

#35 Best Private Colleges in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1190-1290
  • Avg GPA 3.5
  • Acceptance Rate 88%
  • Net Price $28,033
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Oxford, OH
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Miami University is a public university known for undergraduate business and education. The residential red-brick campus anchors the small college town of Oxford.

#2 Best Public Universities in Ohio 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1220-1390
  • Avg GPA 3.85
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $28,229
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Moraga, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Saint Mary's is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate business and a Great Books liberal arts program. The residential campus lies in the hills of Moraga in the East Bay.

#19 Best Private Colleges in California 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1070-1253
  • Avg GPA 3.6
  • Acceptance Rate 87%
  • Net Price $35,332
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Syracuse, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Le Moyne is a private Jesuit college known for undergraduate nursing, business, and biology. The suburban campus sits just outside downtown Syracuse.

#36 Best Private Colleges in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1330
  • Avg GPA 3.55
  • Acceptance Rate 83%
  • Net Price $23,702
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Sioux Falls, SD
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews

Augustana is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The residential campus is in Sioux Falls, South Dakota's largest city.

#1 Best Value in South Dakota 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1150-1370
  • Avg GPA 3.76
  • Acceptance Rate 68%
  • Net Price $24,977
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Colchester, VT
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Saint Michael's is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate education, biology, and business. The residential campus sits near Burlington and Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont.

#3 Best Colleges in Vermont 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1120-1280
  • Avg GPA 3.27
  • Acceptance Rate 85%
  • Net Price $27,982
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Houghton, MI
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews

Michigan Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and forestry. Students attend campus in the Upper Peninsula town of Houghton near Lake Superior.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Michigan 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1130-1350
  • Avg GPA 3.78
  • Acceptance Rate 92%
  • Net Price $16,879
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Seattle, WA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jul 11 application deadline

Seattle Pacific is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The urban campus sits in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood.

#6 Best Private Colleges in Washington 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1050-1320
  • Avg GPA 3.53
  • Acceptance Rate 83%
  • Net Price $25,232
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Tucson, AZ
  • | 0 reviews

Arizona is a large public university known for undergraduate astronomy, optical sciences, and planetary science. The main campus sits in the Sonoran Desert in Tucson.

#1 Best Value in Arizona 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1150-1420
  • Avg GPA 3.48
  • Acceptance Rate 86%
  • Net Price $19,055
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Conway, AR
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jun 1 application deadline

Hendrix is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences and its Odyssey experiential-learning program. Most students live on the residential campus in the college town of Conway.

#1 Best Value in Arkansas 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1123-1348
  • Avg GPA 3.79
  • Acceptance Rate 56%
  • Net Price $24,699
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  • Public 4 Year
  • New York, NY
  • | 0 reviews

Hunter College is a public CUNY college known for undergraduate nursing, education, and psychology. The urban campus is on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

#9 Best Public Universities in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1100-1420
  • Avg GPA 3.7
  • Acceptance Rate 54%
  • Net Price $4,431
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews

Calvin is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and the liberal arts. The Grand Rapids campus is rooted in the Reformed tradition of the Christian Reformed Church.

#5 Best Private Colleges in Michigan 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1083-1330
  • Avg GPA 3.84
  • Acceptance Rate 71%
  • Net Price $25,231
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Nashville, TN
  • 4.0 | 4 reviews
  • Jul 1 application deadline

Belmont is a private university known for undergraduate music business, commercial music, and entertainment programs. The urban Nashville campus has long ties to the city's recording and music industry.

#6 Best Private Colleges in Tennessee 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1350
  • Avg GPA 3.83
  • Acceptance Rate 95%
  • Net Price $38,578
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Auburn, AL
  • 4.6 | 9 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Auburn is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering, architecture, and agriculture. The residential campus anchors the classic college town of Auburn.

#1 Best Public Universities in Alabama 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1260-1390
  • Avg GPA 3.97
  • Acceptance Rate 46%
  • Net Price $25,242
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Valparaiso, IN
  • 4.0 | 2 reviews

Valparaiso is a private Lutheran university known for undergraduate engineering, meteorology, and nursing. The residential campus sits in a college town in northwest Indiana.

#7 Best Private Colleges in Indiana 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1060-1280
  • Avg GPA 3.76
  • Acceptance Rate 89%
  • Net Price $21,766
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Galesburg, IL
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Knox is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate creative writing and the sciences. The historic campus in Galesburg includes Old Main, site of an 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debate.

#10 Best Private Colleges in Illinois 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1180-1440
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 71%
  • Net Price $25,709
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