2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Washington

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In 2021-2022, 12,551 people earned their degree in general physics, making the major the 60th most popular in the United States.

Across Washington, there were 312 general physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,724 and $148,032 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general physics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general physics.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington doctor’s degree general physics students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physics in Washington

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 doctorate’s general physics degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus General Physics Report

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Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physics Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wazzu is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Physics at Washington State University

Notes and References

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

Footnotes

• *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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