Physics

1,484 programs at U.S. colleges award 13,301 credentials a year in this field (CIP 40.08). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $76,786 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	$70,150	$28,000	18
Brigham Young University Provo, UT	$68,664	—	35
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$68,215	—	55
Whitworth University Spokane, WA	$65,316	$19,500	24
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	$64,045	$23,000	27
Portland State University Portland, OR	$62,749	$22,358	18
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$62,647	$17,150	47
Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA	$62,478	—	3
University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI	$62,196	$19,500	9
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$60,495	$21,000	74
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$60,348	$20,270	42
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Magnolia, AR	$58,870	$22,250	23
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	$58,061	$26,224	42
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	$57,435	$21,500	19
California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	$57,114	—	16
California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	$56,018	$19,000	16
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	$55,826	$18,715	37
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$54,773	$18,500	79
Salisbury University Salisbury, MD	$54,548	$20,325	8
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	$54,428	$19,500	13
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$54,350	$23,930	41
University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	$53,597	$15,965	183
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	$53,504	$21,500	68
Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	$53,329	$19,500	46
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$53,019	$21,148	70

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	$107,496	—	76
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	$103,672	—	8
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	$103,672	—	14
Appalachian State University Boone, NC	$79,066	—	10
East Texas A&M University Commerce, TX	$65,563	—	32
New York University New York, NY	$44,445	$118,813	94

Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$116,750	—	14
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	$111,486	—	29
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$106,324	—	39
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$103,403	—	35
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$95,584	—	32
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	$89,022	—	21
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$80,488	—	11
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	$80,184	—	27