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2023 Most Popular Engineering Physics Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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Finding the Best Engineering Physics Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 30 degrees and certificates were awarded to engineering physics students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #183 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Engineering Physics Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering Physics program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering physics majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named California Institute of Technology the most popular school in California for engineering physics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 29% of the students majoring in engineering physics at the school are women while 71% are male.

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Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in engineering physics at UCSD, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Read full report on Engineering Physics at University of California - San Diego

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public college with a small student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Davis is a great place for engineering physics students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

Read full report on Engineering Physics at University of California - Davis

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State Degrees Awarded

Engineering Physics is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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