Physical Sciences at Butler University

What traits are you looking for in a physical sciences school? To help you decide if Butler University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physical sciences program.

Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and approximately 5,544 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,107 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Butler University in 2021, 37 of them were physical sciences majors.

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

Butler Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

Butler Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at Butler is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at Butler

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at Butler University.

Butler Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 physical sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Butler, about 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Butler since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical sciences at Butler are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Butler University with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Butler also has a doctoral program available in physical sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

If you plan to be a physical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Butler University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemistry	28
Physics	7
Astronomy & Astrophysics	2

Related Majors

• Communications Technologies & Support
• Engineering
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Butler University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Chemists	2,820	$69,690
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270

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 Peetlesnumber1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.