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Physics, General
CIP 4008 · offered at 976 colleges · national median earnings $81,387 · median debt $23,495
CollegeMedian earnings
University of Arizona · AZ · Public · Master's Degree$179,750University of California-Los Angeles · CA · Public · Doctoral Degree$178,137University of California-Berkeley · CA · Public · Doctoral Degree$177,589University of California-San Diego · CA · Public · Doctoral Degree$166,997University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · IL · Public · Doctoral Degree$163,024Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · PA · Public · Master's Degree$150,865Pennsylvania State University-World Campus · PA · Public · Master's Degree$150,865University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · MI · Public · Doctoral Degree$141,253University of California-Davis · CA · Public · Doctoral Degree$141,034Ohio State University-Main Campus · OH · Public · Doctoral Degree$132,984Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$18,500 debt$131,025University of Rochester · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$127,533University of Oregon · OR · Public · Master's Degree$124,295Cornell University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$15,961 debt$118,649Appalachian State University · NC · Public · Master's Degree$111,173University of Notre Dame · IN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,500 debt$110,029University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · NC · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,200 debt$103,477Oregon State University · OR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,410 debt$103,167Oregon State University-Cascades Campus · OR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,410 debt$103,167Whitworth University · WA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,250 debt$99,842College of the Holy Cross · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$99,165Le Moyne College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$99,009California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,000 debt$96,805University of California-Irvine · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$15,000 debt$96,215George Mason University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$96,138University of Massachusetts-Lowell · MA · Public · Master's Degree$95,208Utah State University · UT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$93,461Texas A&M University-College Station · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$17,522 debt$92,826Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$92,746Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$91,610University of Maryland-College Park · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,194 debt$90,900Towson University · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,625 debt$90,457University of North Carolina at Charlotte · NC · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,750 debt$89,944Southern Arkansas University Main Campus · AR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,625 debt$89,685Willamette University · OR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$22,989 debt$89,506West Virginia Wesleyan College · WV · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$89,430California State Polytechnic University-Pomona · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,000 debt$87,856Portland State University · OR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$29,070 debt$87,488University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire · WI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$87,033Stockton University · NJ · Public · Bachelor's Degree$86,849Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.