Best Colleges for Doctoral Degree
in Physics

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

🏛 Public Open Admissions

Acceptance rate 100%

Annual cost

$21,182/yr

Grad earnings

$48,866

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

22

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University of Maine

Orono, Maine

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 95.7%

Annual cost

$26,418/yr

Grad earnings

$48,653

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

26

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Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

🏛 Public Match

Acceptance rate 62.3%

Annual cost

$26,535/yr

Grad earnings

$47,384

SAT avg

1,149

ACT mid

23

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Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

🏛 Public Open Admissions

Acceptance rate 100%

Annual cost

$21,084/yr

Grad earnings

$45,608

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 86.7%

Annual cost

$29,345/yr

Grad earnings

$45,388

SAT avg

1,095

ACT mid

22

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 95.5%

Annual cost

$20,973/yr

Grad earnings

$44,792

SAT avg

1,047

ACT mid

23

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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Tallahassee, Florida

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 21.1%

Annual cost

$24,047/yr

Grad earnings

$44,349

SAT avg

1,100

ACT mid

20

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Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida

🏢 Private Match

Acceptance rate 62.5%

Annual cost

$60,387/yr

Grad earnings

$43,137

SAT avg

1,213

ACT mid

27

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Alabama A & M University

Normal, Alabama

🏛 Public Match

Acceptance rate 66.2%

Annual cost

$23,751/yr

Grad earnings

$40,628

SAT avg

947

ACT mid

18

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New Mexico State University-Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 75.7%

Annual cost

$20,930/yr

Grad earnings

$39,067

SAT avg

1,004

ACT mid

20

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 4.7%

Annual cost

$79,850/yr

Grad earnings

$143,372

SAT avg

1,553

ACT mid

N/A

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California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 3.1%

Annual cost

$83,598/yr

Grad earnings

$128,566

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Stanford University

Stanford, California

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 3.9%

Annual cost

$82,162/yr

Grad earnings

$124,080

SAT avg

1,553

ACT mid

35

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Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 11.4%

Annual cost

$80,514/yr

Grad earnings

$114,862

SAT avg

1,545

ACT mid

34

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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 5.9%

Annual cost

$85,738/yr

Grad earnings

$111,371

SAT avg

1,545

ACT mid

34

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Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 4.5%

Annual cost

$80,440/yr

Grad earnings

$110,066

SAT avg

1,535

ACT mid

34

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Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey

🏢 Private Competitive

Acceptance rate 43.4%

Annual cost

$76,449/yr

Grad earnings

$108,772

SAT avg

1,447

ACT mid

33

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Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

🏢 Private Reach

Acceptance rate 29.3%

Annual cost

$77,515/yr

Grad earnings

$105,584

SAT avg

1,432

ACT mid

32

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Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 8.2%

Annual cost

$83,196/yr

Grad earnings

$104,043

SAT avg

1,520

ACT mid

34

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Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Reach

Acceptance rate 15.7%

Annual cost

$83,683/yr

Grad earnings

$103,937

SAT avg

1,501

ACT mid

34

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Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 13.1%

Annual cost

$84,696/yr

Grad earnings

$103,494

SAT avg

1,494

ACT mid

34

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Match

Acceptance rate 58.5%

Annual cost

$75,678/yr

Grad earnings

$103,470

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 16.5%

Annual cost

$27,797/yr

Grad earnings

$102,772

SAT avg

1,447

ACT mid

32

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Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 4.2%

Annual cost

$86,042/yr

Grad earnings

$102,491

SAT avg

1,547

ACT mid

35

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