2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Applied Physics

APPLIED PHYSICS DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Applied physics is a hugely unpopular course of study. Each major grants about 6,156 annual bachelor's degrees; last May, 683 people earned a college degree in applied physics, making it America's 249th most popular field. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign​ handed out more of those degrees than any other school in America (85). Colleges in Illinois conferred more degrees than any American State (102).

117 colleges across the country grant a bachelor's degree in applied physics; therefore, it might not be easy to root out the best program for you. 39% fewer institutions offer undergraduate degrees in applied physics than the typical course of study, making it the 143rd most widely available discipline in the US.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While last spring, 76% of degrees in applied physics were undergraduate degrees; 24% were postgrad degrees. Applied physics is the 243rd most popular postgrad degree in the United States of America, with 221 degrees awarded. To put that in context, applied physics is 92% less popular among postgraduate students than the average subject.

In Total, 904 students received a bachelor's or higher in applied physics last May.

ONLINE APPLIED PHYSICS DEGREES

None of the students who completed bachelor's degrees or graduate degrees in applied physics last May took exclusively remote programs. Zero American institutions even offer the concentration exclusively remote. ### PARTIALLY ONLINE APPLIED PHYSICS DEGREES

• Applied physics is the 264th most popular partially online bachelor's degree in the US
• Four-year degrees in applied physics are available partially online at 102 institutions countrywide
• 16.25% of all four-year degree in applied physics are completed partially online
• Delaware State University's​ last undergraduate class had the most dense population of partially online applied physics majors in the United States of America (1.24%)
• Applied physics is the 292nd most popular partially online master's or doctor's degree in the USA
• On average, each major has close to 154 partially online four-year degree conferring institutions

IN-PERSON APPLIED PHYSICS DEGREES

• Applied physics is the 238th most sought out fully in-person bachelor's degree in the United States of America
• In-person undergraduate degrees in applied physics are available at 15 colleges in the United States of America
• 83.75% of all undergraduate degree in applied physics are done in-person
• Colorado School of Mines'​ last undergraduate class had the most dense population of in-person applied physics majors in the country (5.18%)
• Last May, 73% of in-person degrees in applied physics were four-year degrees; 27% were graduate degrees
• The average in-person major gives out 6,102 annual bachelor's degrees or higher