Physics Specialties: Atomic/Molecular/Optical/Plasma
(New! Ranked in 2002*)

1.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2.	University of Colorado–Boulder
3.	Stanford University (CA)
4.	Harvard University (MA)
5.	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
6.	University of Rochester (NY)
7.	University of California–Berkeley
8.	University of Texas–Austin
9.	California Institute of Technology
10.	Princeton University (NJ)
11.	University of Washington
12.	University of Arizona
13.	University of California–Los Angeles
14.	Georgia Institute of Technology
	Kansas State University
	Rice University (TX)
	University of Maryland–College Park
	University of Virginia

*This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.