Highest Job Growth Master's Physical Sciences Programs

These are the highest job growth master's physical sciences programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with University of Wisconsin-Madison leading at 10.1%.

Rank	Institution	State	Growth	Completers
1	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	10.1%	96
2	New York University	NY	10.1%	88
3	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	10.1%	64
4	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	10.1%	61
5	University of California-San Diego	CA	10.1%	60
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	10.1%	56
7	University of Pennsylvania	PA	10.1%	49
8	University of Chicago	IL	10.1%	48
9	Yale University	CT	10.1%	36
10	Cornell University	NY	10.1%	34
11	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	10.1%	33
12	University of Rochester	NY	10.1%	33
13	Florida State University	FL	10.1%	29
14	University of Oregon	OR	10.1%	29
15	Georgia State University	GA	10.1%	28
16	Harvard University	MA	10.1%	28
17	Princeton University	NJ	10.1%	27
18	Rice University	TX	10.1%	24
19	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	10.1%	23
20	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	10.1%	23
21	Johns Hopkins University	MD	10.1%	22
22	Florida International University	FL	10.1%	21
23	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	10.1%	20
24	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	10.1%	18
25	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	10.1%	18
26	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	10.1%	18
27	University of New Haven	CT	10.1%	16
28	University of Delaware	DE	10.1%	16
29	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	10.1%	16
30	Western Illinois University	IL	10.1%	16
31	Tufts University	MA	10.1%	16
32	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	10.1%	16
33	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	10.1%	16
34	Emory University	GA	10.1%	15
35	University of Kentucky	KY	10.1%	15
36	University of California-Riverside	CA	10.1%	14
37	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	NY	10.1%	14
38	Stony Brook University	NY	10.1%	14
39	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	10.1%	13
40	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	10.1%	13
41	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	10.1%	13
42	Georgetown University	DC	10.1%	12
43	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	10.1%	12
44	University of Iowa	IA	10.1%	12
45	Wayne State University	MI	10.1%	12
46	Western Washington University	WA	10.1%	12
47	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	10.1%	11
48	Loyola University Chicago	IL	10.1%	11
49	Northwestern University	IL	10.1%	11
50	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	10.1%	11

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes master's programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.