other ACC Physics/Astronomy Departments
Numbers are 2015 US News ranks for (1) overall national university
undergraduate programs, and
(2) physics PhD rankings
Boston College
31, 77
Clemson 62,
111
Duke 8, 29
Florida State 95, 44
Georgia Tech 35, 29
Miami (FL) 48, 131
North Carolina 30, 39
North Carolina State 95,
54
Notre Dame 16, 54
Pittsburgh 62, 50
Syracuse 58, 65
Virginia Physics 23, 44
Virginia Astronomy
Virginia Tech 71, 60
Wake Forest 27, 123
Louisville 168, physics not
listed (national physics rank >180)
U Louisville benchmark institution Physics/Astronomy Departments (*
means ACC) (up to Jan 2019)
- University of California - San Diego 39, 16
- University of California - Irvine 53, 29
- University
of North Carolina - Chapel Hill* 30, 39
- University of Pittsburgh* 62, 50
- SUNY at Stony Brook 89, 23
- University
of Iowa 82, 60
- University of
New Mexico 180, 85
- University
of Utah 115, 65
- University of South Carolina - Columbia
108, 111
- University of Cincinnati 140, 103
- Temple University 115, 103
- University
of Alabama - Birmingham 149, 131
- SUNY at Buffalo 99, 85
- University of Illinois - Chicago
129, 65
- University of South Florida
156, physics "Ranked but not Published"
- Virginia Commonwealth University 156,
physics not listed (rank >180)
- Wayne State University national overall
rank "Ranked but Not Published", 111 (for physics)
Changes to Peer/Benchmark Institutions as of Jan 2019:
UC Santa Barbara - new
UC Santa Cruz - new
Georgia State - new
Iowa - continued
Kansas - new
Wayne State - continued
Mississippi - new
New Mexico - continued
Stony Brook - continued
Temple - continued
U Texas-Dallas - new
Texas Tech - new
George Mason - new
Virginia Commonwealth - continued
Dropped: UC San Diego, UC Irvine, North Carolina, Pittsburgh,
Utah, South Carolina, Cincinnati, Alabama-Birmingham, Buffalo,
Illinois-Chicago, South Florida