| All Institutions: Physics | |||||
| Institution Name | Weighted Rank: 1971-1980 | Weighted Rank: 1976-1985 | Weighted Rank: 1981-1990 | Weighted Rank: 1986-1995 | Weighted Rank: 1991-2000 |
| California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Harvey Mudd College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Reed College | 10 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 17 | 32 | 37 | 12 | 5 |
| University of Chicago | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Carleton College | 15 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Princeton University | 11 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Marlboro College | 18 | 9 | |||
| Swarthmore College | 20 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Wabash College | 88 | 117 | 169 | 32 | 16 |
| Grinnell College | 85 | 60 | 55 | 37 | 18 |
| Kalamazoo College | 33 | 37 | 85 | 43 | 33 |
| Kenyon College | 140 | 125 | 86 | 39 | 36 |
| Oberlin College | 50 | 48 | 34 | 25 | 43 |
| Hope College | 158 | 72 | 42 | 36 | 50 |
| Macalester College | 215 | 247 | 124 | 63 | 68 |
| Guilford College | 239 | 145 | 187 | 192 | 72 |
| Earlham College | 135 | 87 | 56 | 97 | 73 |
| College of Wooster, The | 153 | 142 | 125 | 234 | 151 |
| Albion College | 203 | 159 | 154 | 147 | 185 |
| DePauw University | 374 | 253 | 310 | 433 | 187 |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | 252 | 358 | 294 | 254 | 247 |
| Antioch University, All Campuses | 169 | 254 | 328 | 304 | 516 |
| Denison University | 262 | 174 | 306 | 240 | 203 |