100 Best colleges for Nuclear Physics in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Nuclear Physics. A graph of 36.7M citations received by 1.06M academic papers made by 606 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of California - Berkeley

For Nuclear Physics

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

3. Stanford University

For Nuclear Physics

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. Princeton University

For Nuclear Physics

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

5. University of California - Los Angeles

For Nuclear Physics

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

6. University of Maryland - College Park

For Nuclear Physics

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

7. Harvard University

For Nuclear Physics

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

8. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Nuclear Physics

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

9. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Nuclear Physics

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

10. California Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

11. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Nuclear Physics

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

12. Cornell University

For Nuclear Physics

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

13. University of Washington - Seattle

For Nuclear Physics

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

14. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Nuclear Physics

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

15. Columbia University

For Nuclear Physics

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

16. University of California-San Diego

For Nuclear Physics

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

17. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Nuclear Physics

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

18. University of Texas at Austin

For Nuclear Physics

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

19. University of Chicago

For Nuclear Physics

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

20. Michigan State University

For Nuclear Physics

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

21. Yale University

For Nuclear Physics

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

22. Pennsylvania State University

For Nuclear Physics

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

23. Ohio State University

For Nuclear Physics

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

24. Stony Brook University

For Nuclear Physics

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

25. University of Colorado Boulder

For Nuclear Physics

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

26. University of Pennsylvania

For Nuclear Physics

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

27. University of Florida

For Nuclear Physics

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

28. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Nuclear Physics

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

29. University of Arizona

For Nuclear Physics

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

30. Purdue University

For Nuclear Physics

#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

31. Northwestern University

For Nuclear Physics

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

32. Johns Hopkins University

For Nuclear Physics

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

33. University of Rochester

For Nuclear Physics

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

34. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Nuclear Physics

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

35. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Nuclear Physics

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

36. Iowa State University

For Nuclear Physics

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

37. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Nuclear Physics

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

38. University of California - Davis

For Nuclear Physics

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

39. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

40. Rice University

For Nuclear Physics

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,902

41. University of Notre Dame

For Nuclear Physics

#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

42. University of California - Irvine

For Nuclear Physics

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

43. Boston University

For Nuclear Physics

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

44. Florida State University

For Nuclear Physics

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

45. University of Utah

For Nuclear Physics

#91 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

46. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Nuclear Physics

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

47. Carnegie Mellon University

For Nuclear Physics

#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

48. University of Virginia

For Nuclear Physics

#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

49. University of Southern California

For Nuclear Physics

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

50. University of Iowa

For Nuclear Physics

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

51. Duke University

For Nuclear Physics

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

52. University of Pittsburgh

For Nuclear Physics

#122 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

53. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Nuclear Physics

#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

54. University of Delaware

For Nuclear Physics

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

55. New York University

For Nuclear Physics

#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

56. University of California - Riverside

For Nuclear Physics

#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$22,042
Enrollment
26,809

57. Washington University in St Louis

For Nuclear Physics

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

58. Vanderbilt University

For Nuclear Physics

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

59. University of California - San Francisco

For Nuclear Physics

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

60. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Nuclear Physics

#193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

61. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Nuclear Physics

#198 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$39,127

62. University of New Mexico

For Nuclear Physics

#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

63. Brown University

For Nuclear Physics

#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

64. Providence College

For Nuclear Physics

#213 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

65. Case Western Reserve University

For Nuclear Physics

#216 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

66. Washington State University

For Nuclear Physics

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$10,689
Enrollment
27,539

67. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Nuclear Physics

#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

68. University of Georgia

For Nuclear Physics

#225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

69. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Nuclear Physics

#228 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

70. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Nuclear Physics

#230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

71. University at Buffalo

For Nuclear Physics

#232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

72. University of Kentucky

For Nuclear Physics

#234 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

73. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Nuclear Physics

#238 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

74. University of Houston

For Nuclear Physics

#242 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

75. Tulane University of Louisiana

For Nuclear Physics

#243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$50,263

76. University of New Hampshire

For Nuclear Physics

#245 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

77. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Nuclear Physics

#246 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

78. University of Oregon

For Nuclear Physics

#248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

79. Wayne State University

For Nuclear Physics

#252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

80. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Nuclear Physics

#258 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

81. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Nuclear Physics

#259 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

82. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Nuclear Physics

#263 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Net Price
$11,830
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,182

83. Kansas State University

For Nuclear Physics

#273 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$8,537
Enrollment
19,722

84. University of Cincinnati

For Nuclear Physics

#277 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

85. University of Connecticut

For Nuclear Physics

#282 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

86. Dartmouth College

For Nuclear Physics

#295 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

87. Emory University

For Nuclear Physics

#301 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

88. Northeastern University

For Nuclear Physics

#302 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,827

89. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Nuclear Physics

#308 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

90. Old Dominion University

For Nuclear Physics

#310 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
92%

91. Oregon State University

For Nuclear Physics

#312 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,260
Enrollment
34,292

92. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Nuclear Physics

#313 in the World
Enrollment
364
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1941

93. Syracuse University

For Nuclear Physics

#321 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

94. George Washington University

For Nuclear Physics

#322 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

95. University of Alabama in Huntsville

For Nuclear Physics

#326 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1328
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

96. College of William and Mary

For Nuclear Physics

#331 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Average SAT
1448
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
79%

97. Missouri University of Science and Technology

For Nuclear Physics

#336 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1272
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
98%

98. University of Kansas

For Nuclear Physics

#341 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

99. University of Central Florida

For Nuclear Physics

#352 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

100. Tufts University

For Nuclear Physics

#359 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

The best cities to study Nuclear Physics in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Berkeley, Cambridge, Stanford, and Princeton.