NRC Rankings in Physics


  1  Harvard                                  4.91
  2  Princeton                                4.89
  3  MIT                                      4.87
  4  Cal Berkeley                             4.87
  5  Cal Tech                                 4.81
  6  Cornell                                  4.75
  7  Chicago                                  4.69
  8  Illinois                                 4.66
  9  Stanford                                 4.53
 10  Cal Santa Barbara                        4.43
 11  Texas                                    4.33
 12  Columbia                                 4.25
 13  Yale                                     4.21
 14  Washington                               4.20
 15  UCLA                                     4.18
 16  Cal San Diego                            4.10
 17  Penn                                     4.09
 18  Maryland                                 4.02
 19  Michigan                                 3.96
 20  Rutgers                                  3.82
 21  Wisconsin                                3.79
 22  SUNY Stony Brook                         3.76
 23  Minnesota                                3.76
 24  Ohio State                               3.75
 25  Rochester                                3.65
 26  Brown                                    3.60
 27  Carnegie Mellon                          3.56
 28  Johns Hopkins                            3.51
 29  Rockefeller                              3.46
 30  Purdue                                   3.44
 31  Michigan State                           3.43
 32  Indiana                                  3.37
 33  Cal Irvine                               3.37
 34  CUNY                                     3.36
 35  Florida                                  3.35
 36  Northwestern                             3.31
 37  Colorado                                 3.30
 38  Boston University                        3.28
 39  Pittsburgh                               3.27
 40  Rice                                     3.25
 41  Florida State                            3.25
 42  Duke                                     3.25
 43  Brandeis                                 3.25
 44  Virginia                                 3.23
 45  Arizona                                  3.23
 46  Texas A&M                                3.22
 47  Cal Santa Cruz                           3.22
 48  Southern Cal                             3.17
 49  Iowa State                               3.17
 50  North Carolina State                     3.16
 51  Washington (St. Louis)                   3.15
 52  North Carolina                           3.14
 53  NYU                                      3.14
 54  Penn State                               3.08
 55  Notre Dame                               3.06
 56  Vanderbilt                               3.04
 57  Utah                                     3.04
 58  Syracuse                                 3.04
 59  Oregon                                   3.03
 60  Houston                                  3.02
 61  Georgia Tech                             3.02
 62  William & Mary                           3.00
 63  Massachusetts                            2.97
 64  Case Western                             2.96
 65  Northeastern                             2.91
 66  Cal Davis                                2.89
 67  RPI                                      2.88
 68  Cal Riverside                            2.88
 69  Arizona State                            2.87
 70  VPI                                      2.86
 71  Tennessee                                2.83
 72  Iowa                                     2.79
 73  Delaware                                 2.76
 74  Georgia                                  2.73
 75  Oregon State                             2.69
 76  Tufts                                    2.66
 77  Kent State                               2.65
 78  Nebraska                                 2.64
 79  LSU                                      2.64
 80  Drexel                                   2.62
 81  Hawaii Manoa                             2.61
 82  Ohio                                     2.60
 83  Dartmouth College                        2.60
 84  South Carolina                           2.58
 85  SUNY Albany                              2.58
 86  Illinois Tech                            2.56
 87  Illinois Chicago                         2.56
 88  Alaska                                   2.50
 89  Wisconsin Milwaukee                      2.49
 90  Texas Dallas                             2.48
 91  Kentucky                                 2.48
 92  Kansas                                   2.46
 93  Temple                                   2.43
 94  Oklahoma                                 2.42
 95  New Hampshire                            2.41
 96  Akron                                    2.40
 97  Lehigh                                   2.39
 98  Missouri                                 2.38
 99  Kansas State                             2.33
100  Connecticut                              2.33
101  Cincinnati                               2.33
102  Catholic University                      2.33
103  North Texas                              2.30
104  Colorado State                           2.30
105  Montana State                            2.27
106  Colorado School of Mines                 2.25
107  SUNY Buffalo                             2.24
108  Stevens Tech                             2.23
109  Brigham Young                            2.21
110  New Mexico State                         2.19
111  Maine                                    2.18
112  Clarkson                                 2.13
113  Alabama Huntsville                       2.13
114  Tulane                                   2.12
115  Arkansas                                 2.12
116  Texas Arlington                          2.11
117  Washington State                         2.10
118  Texas Tech                               2.10
119  Alabama                                  2.08
120  Oklahoma State                           2.07
121  Miami                                    2.03
122  Missouri Rolla                           2.00
123  American                                 2.00
124  Massachusetts Lowell                     1.92
125  Polytechnic                              1.91
126  Alabama Birmingham                       1.90
127  Auburn                                   1.88
128  Rhode Island                             1.85
129  Clark                                    1.82
130  Boston College                           1.80
131  Old Dominion                             1.70
132  Denver                                   1.61
133  Oakland                                  1.60
134  Howard                                   1.60
135  New Mexico Mining & Tech                 1.57
136  Worcester Polytechnic Inst               1.48
137  Bryn Mawr                                1.48
138  Michigan Tech                            1.47
139  George Washington                        1.45
140  Mississippi                              1.42
141  Nevada Reno                              1.31
142  Oregon Tech                              1.27
143  Puerto Rico Rio Piedras                  1.22
144  Baylor                                   1.13
145  TCU                                      0.67
146  Florida Inst of Tech                     0.46