General Physics is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #60 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Physics Schools in Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 120 degrees in general physics annually.
Your choice of general physics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general physics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Physics Schools in Iowa ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 general physics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Iowa State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general physics. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames. This university ranks 2nd out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 23 general physics students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in general physics has to take a look at University of Iowa. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were about 32 general physics students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of Northern Iowa if you want to pursue a degree in general physics. UNI is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Cedar Falls. This university ranks 3rd out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 8 general physics students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of general physics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general physics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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