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Physics Schools in the West - 2024 Ranking
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Our team ranks Stanford University, California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA), and University of California Los Angeles the best three physics schools in the West.
See the Best 50 Physics schools in the West below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the West.
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Listed In 2024, we have evaluated 295 physics colleges offering majors in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.Our team ranks Stanford University, California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA), and University of California Los Angeles the best three physics schools in the West.
See the Best 50 Physics schools in the West below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the West.
Top 50 physics schools in the West:
Physics schools in the West by state:
Physics programs in the West:
General Physics: 285 schoolsEngineering Physics: 35 schools
Nuclear and Atomic Physics: 17 schools
Molecular and Biophysics: 33 schools
Chemical Physics: 21 schools
Atmospheric and Geophysics: 18 schools
Astrophysics and Astronomy: 52 schools
Optical Sciences: 6 schools
Medical Physics: 9 schools
Teacher Education: 19 schools
Physics schools in other regions:
Midwest: 277 schoolsNortheast: 244 schools
South: 321 schools
Southeast: 195 schools
Popular physics school cities in the West:
in Arizona:Avondale: 1 school
Chandler: 1 school
Flagstaff: 1 school
Glendale: 1 school
Mesa: 1 school
Phoenix: 5 schools
Scottsdale: 2 schools
Tempe: 2 schools
Tucson: 1 school
in California:
Aptos: 1 school
Bakersfield: 2 schools
Berkeley: 1 school
Claremont: 5 schools
Costa Mesa: 2 schools
Davis: 1 school
Fresno: 3 schools
Fullerton: 2 schools
Huntington Beach: 1 school
Irvine: 3 schools
La Jolla: 1 school
Long Beach: 2 schools
Los Angeles: 8 schools
Merced: 2 schools
Mission Viejo: 1 school
Monterey: 2 schools
Moorpark: 1 school
Norco: 1 school
Northridge: 1 school
Pasadena: 2 schools
Pomona: 1 school
Riverside: 3 schools
Sacramento: 3 schools
San Diego: 6 schools
San Francisco: 4 schools
San Jose: 2 schools
San Luis Obispo: 2 schools
Santa Barbara: 3 schools
Santa Clarita: 1 school
Santa Cruz: 1 school
Stanford: 1 school
Torrance: 1 school
Woodland Hills: 1 school
in Colorado:
Boulder: 1 school
Colorado Springs: 2 schools
Denver: 4 schools
Fort Collins: 1 school
Golden: 1 school
in Hawaii:
Honolulu: 1 school
in Idaho:
Moscow: 1 school
Pocatello: 1 school
in Montana:
Bozeman: 1 school
in Nevada:
Carson City: 1 school
Reno: 1 school
in New Mexico:
Albuquerque: 2 schools
Las Cruces: 1 school
in Oregon:
Corvallis: 1 school
Eugene: 1 school
Portland: 6 schools
in Utah:
Provo: 1 school
Salt Lake City: 4 schools
in Washington:
Auburn: 1 school
Bellevue: 1 school
Bellingham: 3 schools
Bothell: 2 schools
Des Moines: 1 school
Lakewood: 1 school
Lynnwood: 1 school
Mount Vernon: 1 school
Olympia: 1 school
Pullman: 1 school
Seattle: 6 schools
Spokane: 4 schools
Vancouver: 1 school
Walla Walla: 2 schools
in Wyoming:
Laramie: 1 school