2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Engineering Physics is the 244th most popular major in the country with 1,044 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , engineering physics graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $53,863 and had an average of $24,752 in loans still to pay off.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 168 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major” ranking, we looked at 23 colleges that offer a degree in engineering physics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering physics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree engineering physics students.
Top 23 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major list. This small school is located in Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and it awarded 9 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Engineering Physics at Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major. Located in Pasadena, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering physics students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Caltech Engineering Physics Report
Out of the 23 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering physics students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major list. Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is a fairly large school located in Daytona Beach, Florida that handed out 9 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach Engineering Physics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major. Stevens Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hoboken, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Stevens Institute of Technology Engineering Physics Report
With a ranking of #6, Cornell University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering physics degrees to 17 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Harvard University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 17 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 15 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%.
Full Columbia University in the City of New York Engineering Physics Report
University of Central Oklahoma landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering Physics at UCO
Rice University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking, coming in at #10. Rice University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Rice Engineering Physics Report
University of California - San Diego did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking, coming in at #11. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 6 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering Physics at University of California - San Diego
Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 0 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Maine came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 1 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Physics at University of Maine
New York University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking. New York University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 1 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Engineering Physics at New York University
Northwestern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking, coming in at #15. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Engineering Physics at Northwestern University
University of California - Davis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking, coming in at #16. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 0 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering Physics at UC Davis
With a ranking of #16, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major list. RPI is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 0 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full RPI Engineering Physics Report
University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking, coming in at #16. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 0 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Virginia Engineering Physics Report
Colorado School of Mines came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Golden, Colorado, and it awarded 6 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Colorado School of Mines Engineering Physics Report
With a ranking of #16, Naval Postgraduate School did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major list. Naval Postgraduate School is a small school located in Monterey, California that handed out 0 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Engineering Physics at Naval Postgraduate School
With a ranking of #16, University of Tulsa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering physics students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Tulsa Engineering Physics Report
Worcester Polytechnic Institute came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering physics degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Engineering Physics at WPI
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Physics Major ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 4 masters’s engineering physics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Engineering Physics at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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