2025 Best Physics Education Schools in the Southwest Region
2Colleges in the Southwest Region
4Physics Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
When it comes to popularity, physics education sits in the middle of the road, ranking #883 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Physics Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4 degrees in physics education annually.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physics Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Physics Education in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of physics teacher education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Physics Teacher Education
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).