5+ Club Awardees

School districts in the United States consistently rank physics as the highest teacher shortage area among all academic disciplines. The 5+ Club bridges the gap by reinforcing the efforts of US-based colleges and universities to graduate more physics educators. Since 2012, The 5+ Club has recognized dozens of postsecondary institutions for graduating five or more physics teachers in a given year, a figure that puts them in the 99th percentile of all institutions. In 2023, the 5+ Club expanded to recognize non-doctoral institutions for graduating five or more physics teachers within three academic years.

California State University, Long Beach

Illinois State University

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

The College of New Jersey

Brigham Young University

Western Governors University - Utah (Main)

This year, the APS-AAPT PhysTEC 5+ Club recognize nine universities for graduating five or more highly qualified physics teachers. Eight institutions graduated 5 or more new teachers in the 2023-2024 academic year. One institution graduated 6 new teachers in the 2022-2023 academic year.