Colleges offering doctoral degrees (research) in Engineering Physics/Applied Physics

21 U.S. colleges and universities offer Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at the phd level. Results are ordered by the number of graduates each school reported in the program.

All levels Certificate 7 Associate 3 Bachelor 122 Master 31 PhD 21

Most schools offering it: California (12), New York (9), Texas (8), Ohio (8), Michigan (8), Illinois (7)

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Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 25 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 30,259
Retention: 98%
Programs: 259
Awards 2024-25: 11,030

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Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 19 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 26,793
Retention: 98%
Programs: 171
Awards 2024-25: 9,154

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CIT

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California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 12 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 2,430
Retention: 97%
Programs: 43
Awards 2024-25: 619

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Yale University

New Haven, CT

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 11 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 15,564
Retention: 99%
Programs: 132
Awards 2024-25: 5,610

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University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 9 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 18,566
Retention: 99%
Programs: 121
Awards 2024-25: 6,960

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UCD

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University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 8 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 44,256
Retention: 94%
Programs: 162
Awards 2024-25: 13,222

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EAU

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, FL

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 7 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 11,426
Retention: 88%
Programs: 31
Awards 2024-25: 2,006

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CUC

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Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 6 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 35,173
Retention: 98%
Programs: 209
Awards 2024-25: 15,748

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Rice University

Houston, TX

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 6 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 8,961
Retention: 97%
Programs: 89
Awards 2024-25: 2,880

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Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 5 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 23,856
Retention: 98%
Programs: 234
Awards 2024-25: 8,806

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MTU

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Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 3 graduates in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 7,403
Retention: 89%
Programs: 106
Awards 2024-25: 2,165

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WPI

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: 1 graduate in 2024-25
PhD

Students: 7,584
Retention: 94%
Programs: 66
Awards 2024-25: 2,277

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University of California-Davis

Davis, CA

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
PhD

Students: 40,065
Retention: 93%
Programs: 192
Awards 2024-25: 11,394

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UOC

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University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Norman, OK

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
PhD

Students: 30,851
Retention: 90%
Programs: 160
Awards 2024-25: 7,630

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ISU

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Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
PhD

Students: 30,380
Retention: 88%
Programs: 181
Awards 2024-25: 7,032

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University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
PhD

Students: 20,276
Retention: 77%
Programs: 140
Awards 2024-25: 4,829

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Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
PhD

Students: 9,137
Retention: 98%
Programs: 53
Awards 2024-25: 2,453

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SIT

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Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
PhD

Students: 8,469
Retention: 94%
Programs: 77
Awards 2024-25: 3,170

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RPI

Private nonprofit

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
PhD

Students: 7,040
Retention: 91%
Programs: 75
Awards 2024-25: 1,891

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NPS

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Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey, CA

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
PhD

Students: 2,441
Programs: 52
Awards 2024-25: 2,272

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AFI

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Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
PhD

Students: 1,070
Programs: 24
Awards 2024-25: 605

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