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CIP 40.0801 Physical Sciences

Physics, General

IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education · 2025

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Total graduates

12,883

2025 · 800 schools

International share

19.8%

2,550 international students

Bachelor's degrees

7,053

11.3% international

Master's degrees

2,078

41.4% international

Overview

Physics, General is a broad field of study that explores the fundamental principles governing the behavior of matter and energy in the universe. This discipline encompasses a wide range of topics, including mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and relativity. Students in this program delve into both classical and modern physics, engaging with theoretical concepts and practical applications.

The curriculum typically includes introductory courses that cover the foundational laws of physics, as well as advanced classes that explore specialized areas such as astrophysics, condensed matter physics, or particle physics. Laboratory work is a crucial component of the program, allowing students to conduct experiments, analyze data, and apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios.

Graduates with a degree in General Physics are well-equipped for various career paths. They may pursue advanced studies in physics or related fields, or enter diverse sectors such as engineering, education, research, and technology. The analytical and problem-solving skills developed during their studies are highly valued in industries ranging from aerospace to medical technology.

Additionally, a background in physics fosters critical thinking and quantitative reasoning, making graduates attractive candidates for roles in finance, data analysis, and consulting. Overall, a degree in Physics, General provides a solid foundation for understanding the universe and offers numerous opportunities for professional advancement in both scientific and non-scientific fields.

Graduates by year

Graduates by degree level (first and second majors)

AssociateBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoral

From 2002 to 2025, graduates grew 105% and the international share went from 18.0% to 19.8%.

International share (%)
Graduates by group, 2025
White
46.1%
Asian
10.1%
Hispanic
13.8%
Black
2.5%
Other
7.7%
Intl.
19.8%

Colleges that award this degree

In 2025, 800 schools awarded this degree as a first major. The table lists those in the 2027 U.S. News National or Liberal Arts rankings, plus the unranked schools with the most graduates.

RankSchoolStateGraduatesInternational
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts 109 34
#2 Princeton University New Jersey 93 39
#3 Harvard University Massachusetts 114 43
#4 Yale University Connecticut 103 34
#5 California Institute of Technology California 65 31
#5 Stanford University California 61 18
#7 University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 63 21
#8 Duke University North Carolina 27 13
#9 University of Chicago Illinois 126 46
#9 Northwestern University Illinois 40 13
#9 Johns Hopkins University Maryland 62 29
#12 Dartmouth College New Hampshire 18 5
#12 Columbia University in the City of New York New York 61 26
#14 Cornell University New York 96 33
#14 Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania 50 29
#16 Washington University in St Louis Missouri 48 22
#16 Brown University Rhode Island 96 50
#16 Vanderbilt University Tennessee 14 2
#16 Rice University Texas 53 25
#20 University of California-Berkeley California 171 37
#20 University of California-Los Angeles California 125 38
#20 University of Notre Dame Indiana 53 12
#23 Georgetown University D.C. 24 4
#23 Emory University Georgia 38 19
#25 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan 85 34
#26 University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia 61 17
#27 University of Southern California California 39 17
#27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina 51 5
#29 University of California-San Diego California 72 23
#29 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Georgia 92 21
#31 Boston College Massachusetts 27 9
#31 Tufts University Massachusetts 27 5
#31 New York University New York 54 24
#34 University of California-Davis California 84 24
#34 University of California-Irvine California 82 19
#34 University of Florida Florida 77 22
#34 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois 115 47
#34 Boston University Massachusetts 37 9
#34 Wake Forest University North Carolina 12 3
#34 The University of Texas at Austin Texas 122 19
#34 University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin 78 25
#42 Northeastern University Massachusetts 51 17
#42 Villanova University Pennsylvania 2 0
#44 University of California-Santa Barbara California 180 58
#44 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Jersey 33 6
#44 Case Western Reserve University Ohio 28 5
#44 Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio 102 31
#44 Lehigh University Pennsylvania 14 2
#49 University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 115 27
#49 University of Rochester New York 59 28
#49 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington 134 26
#52 University of Georgia Georgia 15 2
#52 College of William and Mary Virginia 50 9
#52 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia 56 12
#55 Santa Clara University California 3 0
#55 University of Miami Florida 2 1
#55 The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania 80 23
#55 Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana 92 41
#59 George Washington University D.C. 18 4
#59 Florida State University Florida 42 11
#59 Tulane University of Louisiana Louisiana 10 2
#59 Brandeis University Massachusetts 26 8
#59 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts 68 21
#59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 60 14
#59 Stevens Institute of Technology New Jersey 24 9
#59 Stony Brook University New York 141 49
#59 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 58 25
#59 Texas A & M University-College Station Texas 72 19
#69 Michigan State University Michigan 102 25
#69 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York 48 10
#69 University of California-Merced California 30 7
#72 Syracuse University New York 36 14
#73 University of Connecticut Connecticut 67 14
#73 Howard University D.C. 12 2
#73 Indiana University-Bloomington Indiana 32 0
#73 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Massachusetts 21 5
#73 Rutgers University-Newark New Jersey 7 3
#73 Binghamton University New York 17 1
#73 North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina 64 14
#80 University of California-Riverside California 56 13
#80 Pepperdine University California 11 0
#80 Colorado School of Mines Colorado 14 2
#80 Drexel University Pennsylvania 26 5
#80 Clemson University South Carolina 33 5
#85 University of Delaware Delaware 39 17
#85 New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey 13 4
#85 Fordham University New York 3 0
#85 University at Buffalo New York 33 12
#85 Southern Methodist University Texas 7 2
#90 Yeshiva University New York 8 0
#90 Baylor University Texas 19 7
#90 Texas Christian University Texas 7 2
#90 Gonzaga University Washington 4 1
#90 Marquette University Wisconsin 6 0
#95 American University D.C. 11 1
#95 University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois 34 11
#95 University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri 26 2
#95 Rochester Institute of Technology New York 38 2
#100 Auburn University Alabama 37 5
#100 University of San Diego California 8 0
#100 Florida International University Florida 38 10
#100 University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida 56 18
#100 University of Iowa Iowa 34 5
#100 Saint Louis University Missouri 3 1
#100 Creighton University Nebraska 7 1
#100 Elon University North Carolina 6 0
#109 University of California-Santa Cruz California 53 5
#109 Loyola Marymount University California 7 1
#109 University of Colorado Boulder Colorado 147 25
#109 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus New Hampshire 21 6
#109 Temple University Pennsylvania 19 4
#109 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee 46 20
#116 University of San Francisco California 3 0
#116 Iowa State University Iowa 23 6
#116 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma 16 4
#116 University of Oregon Oregon 60 3
#116 Brigham Young University-Provo Utah 28 2
#121 Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona 59 15
#121 University of Arizona Arizona 47 18
#121 University of Denver Colorado 6 0
#121 University of Central Florida Florida 66 6
#121 Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois 15 6
#121 Loyola University Chicago Illinois 6 0
#121 SUNY at Albany New York 19 9
#121 University of Dayton Ohio 3 0
#121 University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina 17 5
#121 The University of Texas at Dallas Texas 50 15
#121 George Mason University Virginia 41 9
#133 Clark University Massachusetts 6 2
#133 Miami University-Oxford Ohio 13 3
#133 University of Vermont Vermont 10 1
#137 University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama 17 8
#137 California State University--Long Beach California 40 1
#137 San Diego State University California 16 0
#137 San Jose State University California 15 0
#137 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Maryland 28 8
#137 Clarkson University New York 7 0
#137 St John's University (NY) New York 3 0
#137 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Pennsylvania 7 1
#137 University of Houston Texas 46 24
#137 James Madison University Virginia 20 0
#148 California State University-Los Angeles California 22 2
#148 Catholic University of America D.C. 12 5
#148 Mercer University Georgia 2 0
#148 University of Kansas Kansas 26 9
#148 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Massachusetts 25 7
#148 University of Tulsa Oklahoma 2 0
#148 University of Rhode Island Rhode Island 13 3
#156 The University of Alabama Alabama 27 9
#156 California State University-Fullerton California 16 0
#156 Florida A&M University Florida 5 0
#156 Kansas State University Kansas 12 5
#156 University of St Thomas (MN) Minnesota 12 0
#156 Montclair State University New Jersey 7 0
#156 Seton Hall University New Jersey 17 1
#156 CUNY--City College New York 12 3
#156 Oregon State University Oregon 34 3
#156 University of Portland Oregon 3 0
#156 Duquesne University Pennsylvania 5 1
#156 Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia 11 0
#169 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Colorado 28 12
#169 DePaul University Illinois 15 0
#169 Butler University Indiana 1 0
#169 Simmons University Massachusetts 1 1
#169 Michigan Technological University Michigan 15 3
#169 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska 30 13
#169 University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina 28 1
#179 University of Louisville Kentucky 14 2
#179 University of Mississippi Mississippi 21 10
#179 CUNY Hunter College New York 11 2
#179 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Ohio 25 9
#179 University of Utah Utah 87 5
#179 Seattle University Washington 4 1
#186 California Lutheran University California 2 0
#186 University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii 15 4
#186 Wayne State University Michigan 28 9
#186 Texas Tech University Texas 30 7
#191 Samford University Alabama 1 0
#191 University of Arkansas Arkansas 30 6
#191 Florida Atlantic University Florida 6 5
#191 Georgia State University Georgia 36 12
#191 Drake University Iowa 2 0
#191 Missouri University of Science and Technology Missouri 12 3
#191 Rowan University New Jersey 25 0
#191 Adelphi University New York 6 0
#191 Hofstra University New York 1 0
#191 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Oklahoma 17 8
#191 Washington State University Washington 16 2
#202 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana 37 12
#202 University of Massachusetts-Boston Massachusetts 15 5
#202 East Carolina University North Carolina 9 0
#202 Ohio University-Main Campus Ohio 25 6
#202 University of St. Thomas (TX) Texas 4 1
#208 California State University--Fresno California 13 0
#208 California State University-Sacramento California 18 1
#208 University of La Verne California 5 1
#208 University of Idaho Idaho 12 3
#208 Mississippi State University Mississippi 8 2
#208 University of North Carolina at Greensboro North Carolina 3 0
#208 Xavier University Ohio 1 0
#208 Willamette University Oregon 11 0
#208 University of North Texas Texas 32 4
#219 Illinois State University Illinois 10 0
#219 Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Indiana 20 8
#219 University of Nevada-Reno Nevada 18 3
#219 New York Institute of Technology New York 2 0
#219 North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina 14 2
#219 University of North Carolina--Wilmington North Carolina 6 0
#227 San Francisco State University California 17 2
#227 Ball State University Indiana 5 1
#227 University of Michigan-Dearborn Michigan 4 0
#227 University of North Dakota North Dakota 6 1
#227 West Chester University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 8 0
#227 University of Texas-San Antonio Texas 33 5
#227 West Virginia University West Virginia 30 12
#236 University of Colorado Denver Colorado 25 0
#236 Florida Institute of Technology Florida 5 0
#236 University of North Florida Florida 7 1
#236 Stetson University Florida 1 0
#236 Bethel University Minnesota 24 0
#236 University of Nevada--Las Vegas Nevada 15 0
#236 University of New Mexico-Main Campus New Mexico 27 7
#236 North Dakota State University-Main Campus North Dakota 5 2
#236 Kent State University at Kent Ohio 24 15
#236 Pacific University Oregon 3 0
#236 Portland State University Oregon 10 0
#236 Chatham University Pennsylvania 1 0
#236 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 8 0
#236 University of Texas-Arlington Texas 32 9
#250 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Massachusetts 10 2
#250 University of Missouri--Kansas City Missouri 16 0
#250 New Mexico State University-Main Campus New Mexico 17 9
#250 South Dakota State University South Dakota 2 0
#250 Lipscomb University Tennessee 2 0
#250 University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Texas 9 0
#250 University of Wyoming Wyoming 15 4
#262 University of Alabama--Huntsville Alabama 27 1
#262 University of Maine Maine 10 1
#262 Andrews University Michigan 1 0
#262 Central Michigan University Michigan 6 3
#262 University of South Dakota South Dakota 6 1
#262 University of Texas--El Paso Texas 20 5
#262 Seattle Pacific University Washington 1 0
#276 Northern Arizona University Arizona 3 0
#276 Harding University Arkansas 1 0
#276 Regis University Colorado 3 0
#276 Western Michigan University Michigan 10 3
#276 University of Missouri--St. Louis Missouri 5 1
#276 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Ohio 8 2
#288 University of Hartford Connecticut 1 0
#288 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Illinois 11 6
#288 Wichita State University Kansas 14 2
#288 University of Memphis Tennessee 5 1
#288 Texas State University Texas 27 6
#288 Utah State University Utah 15 0
#288 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Wisconsin 20 7
#299 Azusa Pacific University California 2 0
#299 Southern Connecticut State University Connecticut 7 0
#299 Boise State University Idaho 14 0
#299 University of Nebraska--Omaha Nebraska 7 0
#299 Utica University New York 1 0
#299 University of Toledo Ohio 27 10
#299 Tennessee Technological University Tennessee 3 0
#308 Northern Illinois University Illinois 10 1
#308 Oakland University Michigan 6 1
#308 University of Southern Mississippi Mississippi 3 0
#308 Montana State University Montana 18 2
#308 North Carolina Central University North Carolina 6 2
#308 Abilene Christian University Texas 5 1
#317 Xavier University of Louisiana Louisiana 2 1
#317 Morgan State University Maryland 2 0
#317 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Pennsylvania 5 0
#317 Prairie View A&M University Texas 1 0
#317 Emory & Henry University Virginia 2 0
#317 Marshall University West Virginia 3 0
#317 Augusta University Georgia 6 0
#328 Georgia Southern University Georgia 5 0
#328 East Tennessee State University Tennessee 7 0
#328 Old Dominion University Virginia 22 3
#332 University of South Alabama Alabama 1 0
#332 Jacksonville University Florida 1 0
#332 Clark Atlanta University Georgia 7 0
#342 University of Northern Colorado Colorado 11 0
#342 Mississippi College Mississippi 1 0
#342 Missouri State University Missouri 10 1
#342 Cleveland State University Ohio 5 1
#342 Kennesaw State University Georgia 8 0
#353 Arkansas State University Arkansas 1 1
#353 University of West Georgia Georgia 7 1
#353 Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville Illinois 5 1
#353 University of Louisiana--Lafayette Louisiana 6 4
#353 Youngstown State University Ohio 2 0
#353 University of Houston--Clear Lake Texas 9 1
#353 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 13 0
#353 Pennsylvania Western University Pennsylvania 4 0
#365 Troy University Alabama 2 0
#365 University of Central Arkansas Arkansas 2 0
#365 Indiana State University Indiana 1 0
#365 Northern Kentucky University Kentucky 9 0
#365 Jackson State University Mississippi 2 0
#365 The University of Montana Montana 9 0
#365 Liberty University Virginia 32 0
#365 Eastern Washington University Washington 2 0
#376 University of Arkansas--Little Rock Arkansas 4 0
#382 University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska 1 1
#382 University of Colorado--Colorado Springs Colorado 9 0
#382 Valdosta State University Georgia 8 0
#382 Idaho State University Idaho 6 0
#382 Chicago State University Illinois 1 0
#382 University of New Orleans Louisiana 9 1
#382 University of Southern Maine Maine 3 0
#382 Wright State University-Main Campus Ohio 12 0
#382 Angelo State University Texas 6 1
#382 Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi Texas 7 1
#382 East Texas A&M University Texas 27 2
#382 Lamar University Texas 2 0
#382 Texas Southern University Texas 1 0
LAC #1 Williams College Massachusetts 5 0
LAC #2 Amherst College Massachusetts 5 1
LAC #3 Claremont McKenna College California 6 2
LAC #3 Pomona College California 18 4
LAC #3 Bowdoin College Maine 13 1
LAC #3 United States Naval Academy Maryland 27 0
LAC #3 Swarthmore College Pennsylvania 9 2
LAC #8 Harvey Mudd College California 9 0
LAC #9 The United States Military Academy at West Point New York 15 0
LAC #10 Wellesley College Massachusetts 14 3
LAC #11 United States Air Force Academy Colorado 9 0
LAC #12 Vassar College New York 6 1
LAC #12 Washington and Lee University Virginia 6 0
LAC #14 Wesleyan University Connecticut 9 0
LAC #14 Hamilton College New York 9 0
LAC #16 Grinnell College Iowa 20 9
LAC #16 Carleton College Minnesota 22 3
LAC #16 Davidson College North Carolina 15 1
LAC #19 Barnard College New York 9 0
LAC #19 Middlebury College Vermont 14 2
LAC #21 University of Richmond Virginia 6 1
LAC #22 Colby College Maine 18 5
LAC #22 College of the Holy Cross Massachusetts 13 2
LAC #22 Smith College Massachusetts 10 2
LAC #22 Colgate University New York 13 1
LAC #26 Bates College Maine 16 3
LAC #26 Haverford College Pennsylvania 14 2
LAC #28 Macalester College Minnesota 12 1
LAC #29 Bucknell University Pennsylvania 5 0
LAC #30 Lafayette College Pennsylvania 8 0
LAC #31 Trinity College Connecticut 1 1
LAC #31 Denison University Ohio 13 4
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania 6 1
LAC #34 Colorado College Colorado 12 0
LAC #34 Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts 4 0
LAC #34 Franklin and Marshall College Pennsylvania 6 3
LAC #38 Occidental College California 6 0
LAC #38 Trinity University Texas 3 0
LAC #41 Skidmore College New York 8 2
LAC #41 Kenyon College Ohio 16 4
LAC #44 Pitzer College California 3 0
LAC #44 Wabash College Indiana 3 0
LAC #44 Union College New York 9 0
LAC #47 Connecticut College Connecticut 2 0
LAC #47 Hillsdale College Michigan 3 0
LAC #49 DePauw University Indiana 3 0
LAC #49 St. Olaf College Minnesota 21 6
LAC #49 St. Lawrence University New York 5 0
LAC #49 Rhodes College Tennessee 15 3
LAC #49 The University of the South Tennessee 2 0
LAC #54 Centre College Kentucky 9 1
LAC #54 Dickinson College Pennsylvania 4 1
LAC #54 Gettysburg College Pennsylvania 9 3
LAC #57 Wheaton College (IL) Illinois 11 1
LAC #57 Furman University South Carolina 11 4
LAC #59 Oberlin College Ohio 10 4
LAC #60 Hobart and William Smith Colleges New York 5 2
LAC #60 Reed College Oregon 13 3
LAC #62 Agnes Scott College Georgia 2 0
LAC #62 Lake Forest College Illinois 8 2
LAC #62 Berea College Kentucky 1 1
LAC #62 Gustavus Adolphus College Minnesota 15 0
LAC #62 Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania 3 0
LAC #62 Virginia Military Institute Virginia 7 0
LAC #68 Wofford College South Carolina 5 0
LAC #68 Lawrence University Wisconsin 9 4
LAC #72 Saint Anselm College New Hampshire 3 0
LAC #74 Rollins College Florida 4 1
LAC #74 Principia College Illinois 1 0
LAC #74 Kalamazoo College Michigan 3 0
LAC #74 St. John's University (MN) Minnesota 6 1
LAC #78 Saint Mary's College Indiana 6 0
LAC #78 Hope College Michigan 1 0
LAC #78 Whitman College Washington 2 0
LAC #81 Wheaton College (MA) Massachusetts 5 0
LAC #83 Morehouse College Georgia 8 0
LAC #83 Earlham College Indiana 2 1
LAC #85 Knox College Illinois 3 1
LAC #85 Stonehill College Massachusetts 1 0
LAC #85 Drew University New Jersey 3 1
LAC #85 Allegheny College Pennsylvania 7 0
LAC #85 Susquehanna University Pennsylvania 8 0
LAC #85 Randolph-Macon College Virginia 2 0
LAC #91 Augustana College Illinois 1 0
LAC #91 College of Wooster Ohio 10 2
LAC #91 Juniata College Pennsylvania 6 3
LAC #91 Ursinus College Pennsylvania 5 0
LAC #91 Washington and Jefferson College Pennsylvania 2 0
LAC #91 Southwestern University Texas 2 0
LAC #97 Washington College Maryland 2 1
LAC #97 Lewis & Clark College Oregon 2 0
LAC #97 Austin College Texas 7 0
LAC #100 Hendrix College Arkansas 8 0
LAC #100 SUNY College at Geneseo New York 4 0
LAC #100 Lycoming College Pennsylvania 2 0
LAC #100 University of Puget Sound Washington 3 0
LAC #100 Beloit College Wisconsin 10 3
LAC #106 Transylvania University Kentucky 1 0
LAC #106 St. Mary's College of Maryland Maryland 5 0
LAC #106 Pacific Lutheran University Washington 11 1
LAC #109 Westmont College California 1 0
LAC #111 Saint Vincent College Pennsylvania 2 0
LAC #111 Hampden-Sydney College Virginia 3 1
LAC #111 Whitworth University Washington 1 0
LAC #116 Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio 2 2
LAC #116 Saint Michael's College Vermont 1 0
LAC #116 Roanoke College Virginia 3 0
LAC #119 Coe College Iowa 13 1
LAC #119 Albion College Michigan 1 0
LAC #128 Cornell College Iowa 1 0
LAC #128 University of Minnesota-Morris Minnesota 2 0
LAC #128 University of Mary Washington Virginia 3 0
LAC #132 Saint Norbert College Wisconsin 5 0
LAC #138 Truman State University Missouri 3 0
LAC #142 The College of Idaho Idaho 4 0
LAC #142 Houghton University New York 3 1
LAC #146 Oglethorpe University Georgia 1 1
LAC #146 Gordon College Massachusetts 6 1
LAC #146 Fisk University Tennessee 2 0
LAC #150 Dillard University Louisiana 7 1
LAC #150 New College of Florida Florida 1 0
LAC #153 University of Hawaii--Hilo Hawaii 3 0
LAC #154 SUNY Old Westbury New York 2 0
LAC #154 University of North Carolina Asheville North Carolina 6 0
LAC #157 Randolph College Virginia 1 0
LAC #158 Presbyterian College South Carolina 3 0
LAC #160 Wittenberg University Ohio 1 0
LAC #160 Albright College Pennsylvania 2 0
LAC #172 Brigham Young University-Idaho Idaho 23 0
LAC #178 University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Oklahoma 1 0
LAC #184 Fort Lewis College Colorado 1 0
LAC #184 Lane College Tennessee 1 0
— Irvine Valley College California 78 5
— Saddleback College California 57 0
— Los Angeles Pierce College California 55 1
— El Camino Community College District California 51 1
— Allan Hancock College California 49 0
— Moorpark College California 49 0
— Pasadena City College California 44 2
— College of the Canyons California 43 3
— Golden West College California 42 0
— Santa Barbara City College California 42 2
— Cypress College California 40 1
— California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo California 39 0
— College of San Mateo California 39 7
— Appalachian State University North Carolina 39 3
— Los Angeles Valley College California 38 1
— Cabrillo College California 36 0
— Arizona State University Digital Immersion Arizona 35 3
— Bakersfield College California 33 0
— Hartnell College California 33 0
— CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York 31 16
— Antelope Valley Community College District California 29 1
— Orange Coast College California 29 1
— Tulsa Community College Oklahoma 28 2
— Skyline College California 27 1
— Sierra College California 26 1
— West Valley College California 26 0
— Clovis Community College California 24 0
— California State Polytechnic University-Pomona California 23 0
— East Los Angeles College California 23 2
— Arizona Western College Arizona 22 2

Purple: international students are 25% or more of the school's graduates.

Related jobs and pay

OccupationUS employmentMean hourly wageMean annual wage
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1,065,210 — $76,320
Natural Sciences Managers 108,690 $86.66 $180,250
Physicists 20,430 $82.30 $171,180
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 13,090 — $111,460

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

Graduate counts: IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education, 2002–2025. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News.