National Report Card

Most institutions prepare zero new physics teachers per year.

The severe national shortage of high school physics teachers is due to very low numbers of new teachers educated at US colleges and universities. About two-thirds of institutions with a secondary education program prepared zero high school physics teachers in the last five years. But small increases can make a huge difference!

The shortage of new physics teachers could be eliminated if each college and university educated one more teacher per year. For more information about these numbers, see the FAQ.

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Numbers based on three-year averages. For more information about these numbers, see the FAQ.

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National Honor Roll

Listed here are the top 50 producers of physics teachers (with a physics-related major, averaged over three recent years). For more information about these numbers, see the FAQ or click on a specific institution's name.

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Top 100 Annual Producers of Physics Teachers
1	Brigham Young University	7.3
2	Relay Graduate School of Education - New York	6.3
3	University of Kentucky	6.0
3	New York University (NYU)	6.0
5	University of Texas at Austin	5.7
6	Rowan University	5.3
7	Illinois State University	5.0
7	The College of New Jersey	5.0
9	Georgia State University	4.7
9	Queens College, City University of New York	4.7
9	SUNY Geneseo	4.7
12	University of Connecticut	4.3
12	Rutgers University	4.3
14	University of Michigan	4.0
14	University of Missouri	4.0
14	Stony Brook University (SUNY)	4.0
14	Texas A&M University	4.0
14	Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi	4.0
19	Boston University	3.7
19	Bowling Green State University	3.7
21	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	3.3
22	Kennesaw State University	3.0
22	National Louis University	3.0
22	University of Illinois at Chicago	3.0
22	SUNY Oneonta	3.0
22	Virginia Tech	3.0
22	Western Governors University - Washington (WGU)	3.0
28	California State University, San Bernardino	2.7
28	Boise State University	2.7
28	Illinois Institute of Technology	2.7
28	University of Notre Dame	2.7
28	Saint Peter's University	2.7
28	City College of New York	2.7
28	University of Akron	2.7
28	West Chester University	2.7
28	University of Wisconsin - La Crosse	2.7
37	University of California, Los Angeles	2.3
37	University of Colorado, Boulder	2.3
37	University of Northern Colorado	2.3
37	University of Central Florida	2.3
37	Purdue University	2.3
37	Kansas State University	2.3
37	University of the Cumberlands	2.3
37	Pace University	2.3
37	SUNY Cortland	2.3
37	Portland State University	2.3
37	Pennsylvania State University	2.3
37	University of Virginia	2.3
37	University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire	2.3
37	University of Wisconsin - River Falls	2.3
51	Arizona State University	2.0
51	National University	2.0
51	University of California, Berkeley	2.0
51	Western Governors University - California (WGU)	2.0
51	Chicago State University	2.0
51	Northern Illinois University	2.0
51	Indiana University Southeast	2.0
51	University of Louisville	2.0
51	East Carolina University	2.0
51	SUNY Potsdam	2.0
51	Utah Valley University	2.0
51	Central Washington University	2.0
63	University of Arkansas	1.7
63	California Baptist University	1.7
63	California State University, Long Beach	1.7
63	San Francisco State University	1.7
63	San Jose State University	1.7
63	University of California, Riverside	1.7
63	University of California, Santa Barbara	1.7
63	Southern Connecticut State University	1.7
63	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.7
63	Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis	1.7
63	Valparaiso University	1.7
63	Wichita State University	1.7
63	Bridgewater State University	1.7
63	Montclair State University	1.7
63	Fordham University	1.7
63	Ithaca College	1.7
63	SUNY Plattsburgh	1.7
63	SUNY Binghamton University	1.7
63	Clarion University of Pennsylvania	1.7
63	Kutztown University	1.7
63	University of Tennessee	1.7
84	Brandman University	1.3
84	California State University, Chico	1.3
84	California State University, East Bay	1.3
84	California State University, Sacramento	1.3
84	California State University, Stanislaus	1.3
84	Florida International University	1.3
84	University of South Florida	1.3
84	Western Illinois University	1.3
84	Wheaton College	1.3
84	Ball State University	1.3
84	University of Kansas	1.3
84	Harvard University	1.3
84	University of Maryland, College Park	1.3
84	Hope College	1.3
84	Hamline University	1.3
84	Adelphi University	1.3
84	Clarkson University	1.3