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2023 Best Physics Schools in Colorado

3 Colleges
$39,358 Avg Salary
$21,750 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Physics School for You

With 101 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, physics is the #50 most popular major in Colorado.

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 Best Physics Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Physics Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Physics Colleges.

Top Colorado Schools in Physics

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the best school in Colorado for physics students. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Physics Schools in Colorado list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado School of Mines is a great place for physics students. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

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Best Physics Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Physics Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 37
Idaho 7
Montana 11
Wyoming 10

Physics is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 A. T. Service.

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