Physics
(New! Ranked in 2002*)

Rank/School		Average assessment score (5 = highest)
1.	California Institute of Technology	5.0
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	5.0
3.	Harvard University (MA)	4.9
	Princeton University (NJ)	4.9
	Stanford University (CA)	4.9
	University of California–Berkeley	4.9
7.	Cornell University (NY)	4.6
	University of Chicago	4.6
9.	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign	4.5
10.	Columbia University (NY)	4.3
	University of California–Santa Barbara	4.3
12.	Yale University (CT)	4.2
13.	University of Maryland–College Park	4.1
	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor	4.1
	University of Texas–Austin	4.1
16.	University of California–Los Angeles	4.0
	University of California–San Diego	4.0
	University of Washington	4.0
	University of Wisconsin–Madison	4.0
20.	Johns Hopkins University (MD)	3.9
	University of Colorado–Boulder	3.9
	University of Pennsylvania	3.9
23.	SUNY–Stony Brook	3.8
24.	Ohio State University	3.7
	Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ)	3.7
	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities	3.7
27.	Penn State University–University Park	3.6
28.	Brown University (RI)	3.5
	Carnegie Mellon University (PA)	3.5
	Michigan State University	3.5
	Northwestern University (IL)	3.5
32.	Duke University (NC)	3.4
	Georgia Institute of Technology	3.4
	Indiana University–Bloomington	3.4
	Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)	3.4
	Rice University (TX)	3.4
	University of Rochester (NY)	3.4
38.	Florida State University	3.3
	University of Arizona	3.3
	University of California–Irvine	3.3
	University of Florida	3.3
	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill	3.3
	University of Virginia	3.3
44.	Boston University	3.2
	University of California–Davis	3.2
46.	Iowa State University	3.1
	Texas A&M University–College Station	3.1
	University of California–Santa Cruz	3.1
	University of Pittsburgh	3.1
	University of Southern California	3.1
	Washington University in St. Louis	3.1
52.	Arizona State University	3.0
	Brandeis University (MA)	3.0
	Case Western Reserve University (OH)	3.0
	New York University	3.0
	North Carolina State University	3.0
	University of Massachusetts–Amherst	3.0
	University of Notre Dame (IN)	3.0
	University of Oregon	3.0
	Vanderbilt University (TN)	3.0
61.	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	2.9
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)	2.9
	Rockefeller University (NY)	2.9
	University of Iowa	2.9
	University of Tennessee–Knoxville	2.9
66.	Syracuse University (NY)	2.8
	University of California–Riverside	2.8
	University of Utah	2.8
	Virginia Tech	2.8
70.	College of William and Mary (VA)	2.7
	Kansas State University	2.7
	Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge	2.7
	Northeastern University (MA)	2.7
	University of Georgia	2.7
	University of Illinois–Chicago	2.7
	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	2.7
77.	Colorado State University	2.6
	Dartmouth College (NH)	2.6
	University of Connecticut	2.6
	University of Delaware	2.6
	University of Houston	2.6
	University of Kansas	2.6
	University of New Mexico	2.6
84.	Oregon State University	2.5
	SUNY–Buffalo	2.5
	Tufts University (MA)	2.5
	University of Hawaii–Manoa	2.5
	University of Kentucky	2.5

*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.