Good Schools for Physics

College Majors
1

<p>Can anyone give me a list of schools with good if not great physics departments? Preferably schools would be in the Midwest especialy near to Chicago. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

2

<p>anyone?????????????</p>

3

<p>University of Chicago</p>

4

<p>Here's a rough estimate of the top 25 Physics program in the US:</p>

<ol>
<li>California Institute of Technology 5.0<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA) 5.0<br></li>
<li>Harvard University (MA) 4.9<br></li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.9<br></li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ) 4.9<br></li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley 4.9<br></li>
<li>Cornell University (NY) 4.7<br></li>
<li>University of Chicago 4.7<br></li>
<li>University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 4.5<br></li>
<li>Columbia University (NY) 4.3<br></li>
<li>University of California–Santa Barbara 4.3<br></li>
<li>Yale University (CT) 4.3<br></li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.1<br></li>
<li>University of California–Los Angeles 4.0<br></li>
<li>University of Maryland–College Park 4.0<br></li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin 4.0<br></li>
<li>University of Washington 4.0<br></li>
<li>University of California–San Diego 3.9<br></li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania 3.9<br></li>
<li>University of Wisconsin–Madison 3.9<br></li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.8<br></li>
<li>Rutgers–New Brunswick (NJ) 3.8<br></li>
<li>SUNY–Stony Brook 3.8<br></li>
<li>University of Minnesota–Minneapolis 3.7<br></li>
<li>Ohio State University 3.6<br></li>
<li>Rice University (TX) 3.6<br></li>
<li>University of Colorado–Boulder 3.6</li>
</ol>

<p>If your preference is to be in the midwest then I would say you should look into University of Chicago, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign and University of Michigan.</p>

5

<p>How bout Rose-Hulman?</p>

6

<p>I'd prefer not to go to a school that does not offer majors outside of engineering and the physical sciences. The list helps a alot. Keep it coming please.</p>

7

<p>Near Chicago eh...
Washington University of Saint Louis
Purdue
Notre Dame
Case Western Reserve University</p>

8

<p>Where did this list come from? What were the criteria for 'best?'</p>

9

<p>How good is the University of Houston?</p>

10

<p>Dude,</p>

<p>University of Chicago. No question.</p>

<p>Site of the first nuclear chain reaction.</p>