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 Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State University, Long Beach

Colorado School of Mines

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

This year, eighteen universities joined the 5+ Club for graduating five or more highly qualified physics teachers. Thirteen institutions graduated 5 new teachers in the 2022-2023 academic year, and five non-doctoral institutions graduated 5 new teachers over the 2020-2023 academic years.