2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physics in North Carolina

If you pursue a doctor's degree in physics, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #16 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 reviewed 5 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of physics. Combined, these schools handed out 49 doctor's degrees in physics to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Physics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in physics matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physics in North Carolina ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of physics students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for physics.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Physics in North Carolina

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in physics.

Most Well Attended Schools for Physics Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

17 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physics. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in physics in North Carolina.

There were about 17 physics individuals who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

14 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

North Carolina State University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physics. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in physics in North Carolina.

There were about 14 physics individuals who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.

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3

Duke University
Durham, NC

13 Annual Doctor's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Duke University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physics. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

There were roughly 13 physics students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.

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4

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of North Carolina at Charlotte is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in physics. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in physics in North Carolina.

There were roughly 4 physics individuals who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent year we have data available.

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5

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in physics in North Carolina.

There were about 1 physics individuals who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Physics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Physics Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	143	68
Virginia	126	50
Georgia	124	35
Louisiana	99	19
Tennessee	98	20
Alabama	94	11
South Carolina	88	11
Kentucky	86	16
Mississippi	72	6
Arkansas	57	6
West Virginia	49	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physics

One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Physics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Physics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Physics	43
Optics/Optical Sciences	4
Other Physics	2

Majors Similar to Physics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	76
Other Physical Science	20
Geological & Earth Sciences	11
Materials Sciences	4

Notes and References

• 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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