Top Educators

Discover institutions at the bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. levels that award degrees to significant numbers of students from marginalized groups in physics.

Top educator data

Review data detailing top educators graduating an exceptional number of students from marginalized groups in physics at the bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. levels.

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Find top educators at higher education institutions for which a bachelor’s degree is the highest physics degree they have awarded in the last five years of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data.

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Review top educators at higher education institutions for which a master's degree is the highest physics degree they have awarded in the last five years of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data.

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View the top educators at higher education institutions for which a Ph.D. degree is the highest physics degree they have awarded in the last five years of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data.

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APS provides data combining the top educators across bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. level institutions that award undergraduate degrees to African American students and Hispanic American students.

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Data sources

Degree data are collected from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data. IPEDS data are collected from every institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs. Each school appoints a person to complete the IPEDS survey, from which the data is gathered.

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