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Physics and Astronomy Departments in USA
USA
680
Departments
Listed
University/College
Department
Number of UnderGrads
1.
Christopher Newport University
Physics, Computer Science & Engineering
563
2.
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Natural Sciences
450
3.
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Physics
230
4.
University of Texas, Physics
Physics
229
5.
Carnegie Mellon University
Physics
174
6.
University of California
Physics Department
170
7.
University of Maryland
Physics
169
8.
University of New Mexico
Physics & Astronomy
167
9.
University of Utah
Physics Department
150
10.
Rutgers University
Physics & Astronomy
140
11.
State University of West Georgia
Physics
130
12.
Purdue University
Department of Physics
125
13.
Florida Institute of Technology
Physics and Space Sciences
114
14.
Colorado School of Mines
Physics Department
110
15.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Physics
110
16.
North Carolina State University
Physics
110
17.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy
110
18.
University of Oklahoma
Physics & Astronomy
110
19.
The University of Iowa
Physics & Astronomy
101
20.
University of Kansas
Physics & Astronomy
100
21.
University of California, UCI
Physics & Astronomy
100
22.
Arizona State University
Physics & Astronomy
100
23.
Valdosta State University
Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences
100
24.
University of Massachusetts, Physics
Physics
100
25.
University of Kentucky
Physics and Energy Scinece
100
26.
Miami University
Physics
90
27.
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Physics
90
28.
Montana State University
Physics
85
29.
University of Arizona
Physics
80
30.
Florida State University
Physics
80
31.
Ithaca College
Physics
80
32.
SUNY - College at Geneseo
Physics & Astronomy
80
33.
SUNY - University at Stony Brook
Physics & Astronomy
80
34.
Eastern Kentucky University
Physics & Astronomy
80
35.
Pennsylvania State University
Physics
80
36.
Utah State University
Physics
75
37.
Auburn University
Physics
70
38.
Bethel College
Physics
70
39.
College of Charleston
Physics & Astronomy
70
40.
U.S. Naval Academy
Physics Department
70
41.
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Physics Department
70
42.
University of Rochester
Physics & Astronomy
68
43.
University of Maine
Physics & Astronomy
68
44.
Stanford University
Physics
66
45.
University of Central Florida
Physics Department
65
46.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Physics
60
47.
Case Western Reserve University
Physics
60
48.
University of Central Oklahoma
Physics and Engineering
60
49.
Northern Arizona University
Physics & Astronomy
60
50.
Colorado State University
Physics
60
51.
University of Houston
Physics
60
52.
Georgetown University
Physics
56
53.
University of Massachusetts, Astronomy
Astronomy
55
54.
University of New Hampshire
Physics
53
55.
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Physics
53
56.
Cornell University, Physics
Physics
52
57.
California State Polytechnic University
Physics
51
58.
University of Nebraska
Physics & Astronomy
50
59.
San Jose State University
Physics
50
60.
Central Missouri State University
Chemistry & Physics
50
61.
University of Central Arkansas
Physics & Astronomy
50
62.
Western Michigan University
Physics
50
63.
Kent State University
Physics
50
64.
University of Louisville
Physics
50
65.
Portland State University
Physics
50
66.
Texas Tech University
Physics
48
67.
University of Texas at Dallas
Physics
48
68.
Michigan Technological University
Physics
48
69.
University of Montana
Physics & Astronomy
48
70.
Western Washington University
Physics & Astronomy
47
71.
Weber State University
Physics
46
72.
Eastern Illinois University
Physics
45
73.
Sonoma State University
Physics & Astronomy
45
74.
Seton Hall University
Physics Department
45
75.
Bates College
Physics & Astronomy
45
76.
Stephen F. Austin State University
Physics & Astronomy
45
77.
University of Nothern Iowa
Physics
45
78.
Boston College
Physics
44
79.
University of Cincinnati
Physics
44
80.
University of South Carolina
Physics & Astronomy
43
81.
SUNY - College at Oneonta
Physics & Astronomy
42
82.
Frostburg State University
Physics and Engineering
40
83.
Slippery Rock University
Physics
40
84.
University of Maryland - UMBC
Physics Department
40
85.
New Mexico State University
Physics
40
86.
Gustavus Adolphus College
Physics
40
87.
Kansas State University
Physics Department
40
88.
University of Texas at Al Paso
Physics
40
89.
University of Tennessee
Physics & Astronomy
40
90.
University of Pennsylvania
Physics & Astronomy
40
91.
University of Rhode Island
Physics
40
92.
Texas A&M University Commerce
Physics & Astronomy
40
93.
University of Southern California, USC
Physics and Astronomy
37
94.
University of Toledo
Physics & Astronomy
36
95.
Wesleyan University
Physics
36
96.
Wayne State University
Physics and Astronomy Department
36
97.
Mesa State College
Physical and Environmental Sc.
36
98.
University of Colorado
Physics and Energy Scinece
35
99.
California State University
Physics
35
100.
Humbolt State University
Physics and Physical Science
35
101.
East Carolina University
Physics
35
102.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Physics and Optical Science
35
103.
Dickson College
Physics & Astronomy
35
104.
Dartmouth College
Physics & Astronomy
35
105.
University of Massachusetts
Physics
35
106.
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Physics and Engineering
33
107.
University of Dallas
Physics
33
108.
West Virginia University
Physics
32
109.
Mississippi State University
Physics & Astronomy
32
110.
New York University
Physics Department
32
111.
Washington & Lee University
Physics and Engineering
31
112.
Towson University
Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences
31
113.
San Francisco State University
Physics & Astronomy
30
114.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Physics
30
115.
Bemidji State University
Physics
30
116.
Old Dominion University
Department of Physics
30
117.
University of Massachusetts
The Department of Physics and Applied Physics
30
118.
North Georgia College & State University
Physics
30
119.
Kenyon College
Department of Physics
30
120.
Northeastern University
Physics Department
30
121.
University of Notre Dame
Department of Physics
30
122.
Oakland University
Physics
30
123.
Bryn Mawr College
Physics
30
124.
Swarthmore College
Physics & Astronomy
30
125.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Physics
30
126.
Southeast Missouri State University
Physics
30
127.
Whitworth College
Physics
30
128.
Creighton University
Physics
30
129.
University of Colorado
Physics Department
30
130.
Emporia State University
Physics Department
29
131.
University of Nevada, Reno
Physics
29
132.
North Carolina A&T State University
Physics
29
133.
Coe College
Physics
28
134.
Indiana University
Physics
27
135.
Bob Jones University
Physics and Engineering
27
136.
Washington State University
Physics
26
137.
Texas Christian University
Department of Physics & Astronomy
25
138.
The University of Akron
Physics
25
139.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Physics & Astronomy
25
140.
University of Minnesota Duluth
Physics
25
141.
University of Dayton
Physics
25
142.
Juniata College
Physics & Engineering
25
143.
Western Maryland College
Physics Department
25
144.
Bridgewater State College
Physics
25
145.
University of Texas
Physics and Geology
25
146.
Rhodes College
Physics
25
147.
Tarleton State University
Math, Physics and Engineering
25
148.
University of Delaware
Physics & Astronomy
25
149.
Point Loma Nazarene University
Physics and Engineering
25
150.
University of Alabama
Physics & Astronomy
25
151.
Augsburg College
Physics
24
152.
Wake Forest University
Physics
24
153.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Physics
23
154.
City University of New York - Queens College
Physics
23
155.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Physics and Physical Oceanography
22
156.
Tennessee Technological University
Physics
22
157.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Chemistry & Physics
21
158.
Wichita State University
Physics
20
159.
University of New Orleans
Physics
20
160.
University of Tennessee at Martin
Geology, Geography & Physics
20
161.
Loras College
Physics and Engineering
20
162.
University of St. Thomas
Physics
20
163.
St. Cloud State University
Physics, Astronomy & Engineering Science
20
164.
Allegheny College
Physics Department
20
165.
Central Washington University
Physics
20
166.
Cleveland State University
Physics
20
167.
University of Denver
Physics & Astronomy
20
168.
Randolph College
Physics (incl. engineering and geophysics)
20
169.
Franklin & Marshall College
Physics and Astronomy
20
170.
Union College
Physics
20
171.
Vassar College
Physics & Astronomy
20
172.
Jackson State University
Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, & Geoscience
20
173.
Louisiana Tech University
Physics & Astronomy
20
174.
Seattle University
Department of Physics
20
175.
Georgia Southern University
Physics
19
176.
The College of Wooster
Physics
18
177.
Houghton College
Physics & Earth Science
18
178.
Brandeis University
Physics Department
18
179.
Vanderbilt University
Physics & Astronomy
16
180.
Benedictine College
Physics & Astronomy
16
181.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Physics
16
182.
Wheaton College
Physics & Astronomy
16
183.
Saint Joseph's University
Physics
16
184.
University of Vermont
Physics
16
185.
Texas A & M University-Kingsville
Physics
15
186.
Gordon College
Physics
15
187.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Physics
15
188.
Skidmore College
Physics
15
189.
Ohio Northern University
Physics
15
190.
Ohio Wesleyan University
Physics & Astronomy
15
191.
Wright State University
Physics
15
192.
Agnes Scott College
Physics & Astronomy
15
193.
North Carolina Central University
Physics Department
15
194.
Drew University
Physics
15
195.
Arkansas State University
Chemistry & Physics
15
196.
Eastern Oregon University
Physics and Engineering
15
197.
Western State College
Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics
15
198.
Southern Adventist University
Physics
14
199.
Davidson College
Physics
14
200.
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Physics
13
201.
Washington & Jefferson College
Physics
12
202.
Randolph-Macon College
Physics
12
203.
Andrews University
Physics
12
204.
Morehead State University
Physical Sciences
12
205.
Pittsburg State University
Physics Department
12
206.
Augustana College
Physics
12
207.
Southern Methodist University
Physics
12
208.
Penn State Erie - The Behrend College
Physics and Astronomy
12
209.
Tufts University
Physics & Astronomy
10
210.
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Physics
10
211.
California State University
Physics
10
212.
Southwestern College
Physics Department
10
213.
Berea College
Physics
10
214.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Physics, Geology and Astronomy
10
215.
Athens State University
Physics and Instrumentation
10
216.
Samford University
Department of Physics
10
217.
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Physics & Astronomy
10
218.
University of Minnesota, Morris
Physics
10
219.
Ferris State University
Physical Sciences
10
220.
Rhode Island College
Physical Sciences
10
221.
University of Missouri - KC
Physics
9
222.
New Mexico Highlands University
Physics
8
223.
SUNY - College at New Paltz
Physics Department
8
224.
St. Bonaventure University
Physics
8
225.
Lafayette College
Physics Department
8
226.
Rutgers University at Camden
Physics
8
227.
Saint Michael's College
Physics
8
228.
Covenant College
Department of Physics
7
229.
Union University
Chemistry & Physics
7
230.
Southwestern University
Physics
7
231.
Eastern New Mexico University
Physics
6
232.
Oglethorpe University
Physics and Astronomy
6
233.
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Chemistry & Physics
6
234.
Sweet Briar College
Physics
6
235.
Muhlenberg College
Physics
6
236.
Thiel College
Physics
5
237.
University of North Carolina Pembroke
Chemistry & Physics
5
238.
La Sierra University
Physics
5
239.
Snow College
Physics
5
240.
Long Island University - C.W. Post Campus
Physics
4
241.
Cypress College
Physics
4
242.
Christian Brothers University
Physics
3
243.
Union College
Natural Sciences
3
244.
Marlboro College
Physics & Astronomy
2
245.
Buena Vista University
Physics
2
246.
Texas Lutheran University
Physics
2
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