When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in engineering physics sits in the middle of the road, ranking #185 out of 363 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering Physics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 82 bachelor's degrees in engineering physics to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on engineering physics students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other engineering physics students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for engineering physics to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering physics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for engineering physics students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Physics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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It's difficult to beat Colorado School of Mines if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering physics. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
After graduation, engineering physics bachelor's recipients typically earn around $72,858 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
