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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absent special factors (athletics, scholarships, location, etc.) there are very few schools I would choose over UVa in-state, such as HPYS and MIT/CalTech.  But UVa vs Georgetown / Northwestern / UPenn / Cornell?  No.  [/quote]

Unless the kid want to major physics.  No in state school in Virginia is great. [/quote]
What are the best schools for undergrad physics (outside of MIT or Stanford)?[/quote]

I don't know but I gotta imagine Cal Tech, Harvard, and some big state schools that have research money--probably Berkley, Michigan, etc.

Here is what US News has:

Physics

Ranked in 2014 | Physics Rankings Methodology

Graduate schools for physics typically offer a range of specialty programs, from quantum physics to relativity, as well as plentiful research opportunities to bolster a science education. These are the best physics schools. Each school's score reflects its average rating on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding), based on a survey of academics at peer institutions.

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Atomic / Molecular / Optical
    Condensed Matter
    Cosmology / Relativity / Gravity
    Elementary Particles / Field / String Theory
    Nuclear
    Plasma
    Quantum

Rank 	School name 	Score
#1
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA
	5.0
#2Tie
	California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA
	4.9
#2Tie
	Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
	4.9
#2Tie
	Princeton University

Princeton, NJ
	4.9
#2Tie
	Stanford University

Stanford, CA
	4.9
#2Tie
	University of California—?Berkeley

Berkeley, CA
	4.9
#7Tie
	Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
	4.7
#7Tie
	University of Chicago

Chicago, IL
	4.7
#9
	University of Illinois—?Urbana-?Champaign

Urbana, IL
	4.6
#10
	University of California—?Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA
	4.5
#11Tie
	Columbia University

New York, NY
	4.3
#11Tie
	University of Michigan—?Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI
	4.3
#11Tie
	Yale University

New Haven, CT
	4.3
#14Tie
	University of Maryland—?College Park

College Park, MD
	4.2
#14Tie
	University of Texas—?Austin

Austin, TX
	4.2
#16Tie
	University of California—?San Diego

La Jolla, CA
	4.1
#16Tie
	University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
	4.1
#18Tie
	Johns Hopkins University (Rowland)

Baltimore, MD
	4.0
#18Tie
	University of California—?Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA
	4.0
#18Tie
	University of Colorado—?Boulder

Boulder, CO
	4.0
#18Tie
	University of Wisconsin—?Madison

Madison, WI
	4.0
#22
	University of Washington

Seattle, WA
	3.9
#23Tie
	Ohio State University

Columbus, OH
	3.8
#23Tie
	Pennsylvania State University—?University Park

University Park, PA
	3.8
#23Tie
	Stony Brook University—?SUNY

Stony Brook, NY
	3.8 [/quote]

No Rice anywhere.[/quote]

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