Physics at Bryn Mawr College

What traits are you looking for in a physics school? To help you decide if Bryn Mawr College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physics program.

Bryn Mawr is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,634 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Bryn Mawr.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physics section at the bottom of this page.

Bryn Mawr Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Bryn Mawr Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Bryn Mawr compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Bryn Mawr is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Focused Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools	179
Most Popular Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools	179
Most Popular Physics Master’s Degree Schools	228
Most Popular Physics Schools	399

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in physics from Bryn Mawr. This is the #229 most popular school for physics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Physics Student Demographics at Bryn Mawr

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Bryn Mawr College.

Bryn Mawr Physics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Bryn Mawr. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Bryn Mawr since its program graduates 76% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bryn Mawr also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Chemistry

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in physics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Bryn Mawr College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Physics Postsecondary Professors	770	$98,870
Physicists	320	$137,060

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.