2025 Best Physics Schools in Alabama

A degree in physics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #68 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Physics Schools in Alabama ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 125 degrees in physics to qualified students.

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Pick Your Physics Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Physics Schools in Alabama list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Physics in Alabama

The schools below may not offer all types of physics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Alabama Schools in Physics

1

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26.7% Growth in Graduates

The University of Alabama is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in physics. Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in physics from The University of Alabama

2

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32.0% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Alabama at Birmingham if you want to pursue a degree in physics. UAB is a very large public university located in the city of Birmingham.More information about a degree in physics from University of Alabama at Birmingham

Best Physics Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	287	244
Florida	282	358
North Carolina	279	356
Virginia	274	352
Tennessee	269	156
South Carolina	248	107
Kentucky	244	77
Louisiana	242	93
Mississippi	234	45
Arkansas	234	80
West Virginia	207	44

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Physics Related Rankings by Major

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

Physics Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Physics	122
Other Physics	3

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Majors Similar to Physics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	278
Geological & Earth Sciences	60
Other Physical Science	57
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	17
Materials Sciences	3

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to A. T. Service.

More about our data sources and methodologies.