Engineering Physics degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #244 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of engineering physics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 147 degrees in engineering physics during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The engineering physics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Physics rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering physics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Physics Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering physics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in engineering physics needs to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 43 engineering physics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Cornell University if you want to pursue a degree in engineering physics. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 54 engineering physics students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
New York University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in engineering physics. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 7 engineering physics students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Fordham University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering physics. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 23 engineering physics students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering physics program report average early career income of $53,359.
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).