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Using science and data we decided to determine which programs offer the best career opportunities for engineering physics Majors. Here are the set of the top colleges for engineering physics Majors in US for 2021:
  1. Cornell University
  2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
  3. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  4. Colorado School of Mines
  5. Dartmouth College
  6. Yale University
  7. Brown University
  8. Tufts University
  9. University of Virginia
  10. University of California, Berkeley
If you go to one of these schools, chances are, you're not surprised. After all, you know how great you have it.

25 best colleges for engineering physics majors in the US

1. Cornell University

Location
Ithaca, NY
Admission rate: 11%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $76,300

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Location
Ann Arbor, MI
Admission rate: 23%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $55,900

3. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Location
Champaign, IL
Admission rate: 62%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $52,300

4. Colorado School of Mines

Location
Golden, CO
Admission rate: 49%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $74,700

5. Dartmouth College

Location
Hanover, NH
Admission rate: 9%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $74,600

6. Yale University

Location
New Haven, CT
Admission rate: 6%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $67,800

7. Brown University

Location
Providence, RI
Admission rate: 8%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $64,800

8. Tufts University

Location
Medford, MA
Admission rate: 15%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $56,600

9. University of Virginia

Location
Charlottesville, VA
Admission rate: 26%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $56,800

10. University of California, Berkeley

Location
Berkeley, CA
Admission rate: 15%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $57,600

11. Northwestern University

Location
Evanston, IL
Admission rate: 8%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $71,900

12. University of Wisconsin - Madison

Location
Madison, WI
Admission rate: 52%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $49,600

13. Case Western Reserve University

Location
Cleveland, OH
Admission rate: 29%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $69,900

14. University of Connecticut

Location
Storrs, CT
Admission rate: 49%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $49,800

15. Columbia University in the City of New York

Location
New York, NY
Admission rate: 6%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $77,900

16. Rice University

Location
Houston, TX
Admission rate: 11%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $68,300

17. Harvard University

Location
Cambridge, MA
Admission rate: 5%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $91,300

18. Santa Clara University

Location
Santa Clara, CA
Admission rate: 50%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $63,900

19. University of California - San Diego

Location
La Jolla, CA
Admission rate: 30%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $48,200

20. Providence College

Location
Providence, RI
Admission rate: 49%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $51,800

21. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Location
Terre Haute, IN
Admission rate: 68%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $70,800

22. SUNY at Buffalo

Location
Buffalo, NY
Admission rate: 56%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $46,100

23. Tulane University

Location
New Orleans, LA
Admission rate: 17%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $48,400

24. Stevens Institute of Technology

Location
Hoboken, NJ
Admission rate: 41%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $67,900

25. Lehigh University

Location
Bethlehem, PA
Admission rate: 22%
Mean earning of students 6 years after entry: $67,300

How we determined the best engineering physics colleges

We looked at the following data from the NCES (National Center For Education Statistics) and College Scorecard data from ED.gov to understand what engineering physics departments offer the best career opportunities:
  • Percentage of Graduating Class That Are Business Majors
  • Mean Earnings After 10 Years
  • Mean Earnings After 6 Years
  • Admission Rate (More selective the better)
  • Average cost of attendance (Lower is better)
  • Median amount of debt
  • Ratio of people working to not working after 10 years