If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in other physics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #196 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of other physics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 76 doctor's degrees in other physics during the <nil> academic year.
Choosing a Great Other Physics School for Your Doctor's Degree
The other physics doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality other physics program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other physics students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of other physics students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other physics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other physics students working on their doctor's degree.
The other 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 Other Physics Doctor's Degree Schools.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Other Physics in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in other 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).