Best US PhD programs in physics?

[SW VandeCarr]

Which are considered the best US post graduate schools for physics? I'm guessing MIT, Cal Tech and the University of Texas.

 

[rhombusjr]

University of California Berkeley, Santa Cruz, San Diego, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton

Here's US News & World Report's list:
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-physics-schools/rankings

 

[kmccorm]

University of California Berkeley, Santa Cruz, San Diego, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton

Santa Cruz? They're known for their astrophysics program, but I'm fairly certain it's not at the top in physics.

 

[marcus]

Rhombus gave the USNews listing, which ranks by a score (and lists alphabetically within those tied with the same score.)

Berkeley Caltech Harvard and Princeton all got a score of 4.9

they were topped by only two, MIT and Stanford, which got 5.0.

They list MIT before Stanford only because M comes before S in the alphabet.

Here is the schools' standings by score. (forget about the order of listing)

5.0 Stanford, MIT

4.9 Berkeley Caltech Harvard Princeton

4.7 Cornell

4.6 Chicago, Champaign-Urbana (Illinois)

4.5 UC Santa Barbara

 

[Leptos]

1. MIT and Stanford for overall science and math. 2. UC Berkeley in overall science and 3. Caltech in overall science