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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.

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

2022-2023 Awardees

Past Awardees

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