2025 Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools in New York

If you plan on majoring in engineering & applied physics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #448 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 147 degrees in engineering & applied physics annually.

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• Best Overall Engineering & Applied Physics Schools List

Engineering & Applied Physics Rankings by Degree Level

The applied physics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools in New York. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Engineering & Applied Physics in New York

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the applied physics degree levels they offer.

Top New York Schools in Applied Physics

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

43 Applied Physics Degrees Awarded

4.7% Growth in Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in engineering & applied physics. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a degree in engineering & applied physics from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

54 Applied Physics Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat Cornell University if you want to pursue a degree in engineering & applied physics. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in engineering & applied physics from Cornell University

Best Engineering & Applied Physics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Engineering & Applied Physics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	978	7
Maryland	618	0
New Jersey	614	9
Delaware	345	18

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Rankings in Majors Related to Applied Physics

One of 0 majors within the Engineering Physics area of study, Engineering & Applied Physics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.