2025 Best General Physics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
94Doctor's Degrees
Ranked #19 in popularity, general physics is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of general physics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 94 doctor's degrees in general physics during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Choosing a Great General Physics School for Your Doctor's Degree
The general physics doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality general physics program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general physics students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general physics students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general physics related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general physics students working on their doctor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Physics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Physics in the Plains States Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general physics.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Physics
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).