Doctoral · Physical Sciences

Physics (Doctoral): earnings by school

12 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$93,146
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$163,024
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
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NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of California-Los Angeles CA—$178,137—
University of California-Berkeley CA—$177,589—
University of California-San Diego CA—$166,997—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL—$163,024—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$80,969$141,253—
University of California-Davis CA$84,486$141,034—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$94,730$132,984—
University of Arizona AZ$132,173——
University of Colorado Boulder CO$130,362——
University of Notre Dame IN$96,071——
Florida State University FL$91,561——
Duke University NC$91,307——