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Best Colleges for Physics

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 127 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
21 University of South Carolina - Columbia SC $31,171 $83,557 $73,958 $87,770
22 University of Alabama AL $48,715 $83,557 $111,686 $94,736
23 University of West Georgia GA $52,435 $83,557 $77,901 $92,328
24 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill NC $46,948 $83,113 $126,951 $84,983
25 Longwood University VA $43,047 $82,929 $85,242 $80,906
26 Furman University SC $40,342 $82,749 $101,595 $86,921
27 University of Texas at Austin TX $52,322 $82,497 $117,680 $89,573
28 North Carolina State University NC $48,487 $82,300 $113,650 $84,151
29 State University of New York at Oneonta NY $43,047 $82,185 $104,398 $62,261
30 State University of New York College at Potsdam NY $49,399 $81,671 $99,994 $61,872
31 Stephen F Austin State University TX $44,849 $81,295 $98,538 $88,268
32 University of Oregon OR $52,354 $81,252 $102,715 $71,087
33 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire WI $57,273 $81,223 $107,201 $85,408
34 Sam Houston State University TX $49,399 $81,043 $87,772 $87,995
35 Virginia Commonwealth University VA $49,247 $80,624 $97,751 $78,658
36 Hampden Sydney College VA $36,903 $80,540 $108,803 $78,576
37 Georgia Institute of Technology GA $48,213 $79,787 $112,540 $88,162
38 University of Georgia GA $37,285 $79,787 $82,300 $88,162
39 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $46,055 $79,641 $105,672 $86,755
40 University of Missouri - Columbia MO $40,944 $79,157 $102,295 $88,741

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.