If you pursue a degree in general physics, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #60 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Physics Schools in Georgia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 276 degrees in general physics to qualified students.
The general physics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Physics rankings. For our Best Overall General Physics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The general 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 General Physics Schools in Georgia.
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The schools below may not offer all types of general physics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general physics. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 99 general physics students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general physics has to look into Emory University. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 19 general physics students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent year we have data available.
Georgia State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general physics. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 17th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 42 general physics students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State in the most recent data year.
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).
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