Physics institutions in California.

Understand the field and the list

Official CIP classification: Physics, General.

A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, mechanics, wave properties, nuclear processes, relativity and quantum theory, quantitative methods, and laboratory methods.

This list uses the latest connected positive bachelor completion record for each institution in this CIP field. Award counts describe historical completions, not admissions capacity, quality, rankings or a current program guarantee. A related course may be classified under another code.

Compare the institution’s actual curriculum, campus, degree title and current application instructions. Historical out-of-state undergraduate charges are institution-level figures and may not describe this specific degree or international-student category.

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The source is the connected IPEDS first-major completion dataset, using bachelor award level 5 and exact six-digit CIP 40.0801. Full source evidence and other connected years are available from institution pages.

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