Last year, 76,107 students completed degree or certificate programs at Best Physics Colleges. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign had the most completers of 16,497, regardless of degree type.
For bachelor's degree, University of California-Berkeley had the most completers of 8,849. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign had the most completers of Master's (7,130) and Harvard University had the most completers of Doctor's (1,529) degree.
| Rank | School | Total | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctoral | 12-Weeks Certificate | 1-Year Certificate | 1-4 Years Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 3,726 | 1,146 | 1,936 | 684 | - | - | - |
| 2 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 608 | 233 | 155 | 228 | 1 | - | - |
| 3 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 10,251 | 1,898 | 5,748 | 1,529 | 1,453 | - | 63 |
| 4 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | 2,344 | 1,284 | 661 | 445 | - | - | - |
| 5 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 4,725 | 1,546 | 2,475 | 1,069 | 3 | - | - |
| 6 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 14,064 | 8,849 | 3,977 | 1,245 | 91 | - | - |
| 7 | Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 8,310 | 3,791 | 3,779 | 848 | - | - | - |
| 8 | University of ChicagoChicago, IL | 6,175 | 1,689 | 3,914 | 768 | 623 | - | - |
| 9 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 16,497 | 8,310 | 7,130 | 1,137 | 36 | - | - |
| 10 | University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | 7,278 | 6,386 | 541 | 356 | 79 | - | - |
| - | Average | 76,107 | 3,513 | 3,032 | 831 | 327 | - | 63 |