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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.

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.

2023-2024 Awardees

  • California State University, Long Beach

    6 graduates

  • Illinois State University

    5 graduates

  • Rutgers University - New Brunswick

    5 graduates

  • The College of New Jersey

    6 graduates

  • New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning

    10 graduates

  • Brigham Young University

    8 graduates

  • Western Governors University - Utah (Main)

    10 graduates

Past Awardees

  • 2022-2023

    • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
    • California State University, Long Beach
    • University of Colorado - Boulder
    • Brigham Young University - Idaho
    • Illinois State University
    • Lewis University
    • Bridgewater State University
    • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • The College of New Jersey
    • New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning
    • SUNY Geneseo
    • SUNY Stony Brook
    • University of Texas - Austin
    • Brigham Young University
    • Western Governors University - Utah (Main)
    • University of Wyoming
  • 2021-2022

    • California State University, Long Beach
    • Illinois State University
    • Rowan University
    • The College of New Jersey
    • New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning
    • University of Texas - Austin
    • Brigham Young University
    • West Virginia University
  • 2020-2021

    • University of Central Florida
    • Brigham Young University - Idaho
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • The College of New Jersey
    • New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning
    • SUNY Stony Brook
    • Texas State University
    • Brigham Young University
    • Virginia Tech
  • 2019-2020

    • University of California, Irvine
    • Brigham Young University - Idaho
    • Illinois State University
    • Boston University
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • SUNY Stony Brook
    • Texas State University
    • University of Texas - Austin
    • Brigham Young University
  • 2018-2019

    • California State University, Long Beach
    • University of Central Florida
    • Brigham Young University - Idaho
    • Illinois State University
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • SUNY Stony Brook
    • Brigham Young University
    • Virginia Tech
  • 2017-2018

    • California State University, Long Beach
    • University of Kentucky
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • The College of New Jersey
    • Brigham Young University
    • Virginia Tech
  • 2016-2017

    • Georgia State University
    • Brigham Young University - Idaho
    • Illinois State University
    • Rowan University
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • CUNY City College
    • SUNY Stony Brook
    • University of Texas - Austin
    • Brigham Young University
    • University of Wisconsin-River Falls
  • 2015-2016

    • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    • University of Colorado - Boulder
    • Georgia State University
    • Rowan University
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • The College of New Jersey
    • SUNY Stony Brook
    • University of Texas - Austin
    • Brigham Young University
  • 2014-2015

    • University of Arkansas Fayetteville
    • Illinois State University
    • Boston University
    • Towson University
    • Western Michigan University
    • SUNY Stony Brook
    • West Chester University of PA
    • Middle Tennessee State University
    • Brigham Young University
  • 2013-2014

    • University of Arkansas Fayetteville
    • Arizona State University - Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
    • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    • University of Central Florida
    • Georgia State University
    • Kennesaw State University
    • Brigham Young University - Idaho
    • Illinois State University
    • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
    • Rowan University
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • The College of New Jersey
    • SUNY Stony Brook
    • Brigham Young University
  • 2012-2013

    • University of Colorado - Boulder
    • Michigan State University
    • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • SUNY Oneonta
    • SUC Buffalo
    • Virginia Tech
  • 2011-2012

    • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
    • Rutgers University - New Brunswick
    • SUC Buffalo
    • University of Cincinnati
    • University of Texas - Austin
    • Seattle Pacific University

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