Physics at Carthage College

Every physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physics program at Carthage College stacks up to those at other schools.

Carthage is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 2,763. Of the 636 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carthage College in 2021, 9 of them were physics majors.

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

Carthage Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Carthage Physics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Carthage 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	107
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	263

Physics Student Demographics at Carthage

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

Carthage Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 physics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Carthage, about 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Carthage since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Carthage 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 Carthage College with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 WI, the home state for Carthage College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
Natural Sciences Managers	610	$106,110
Physics Postsecondary Professors	280	$84,200
Physicists	90	$150,670

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 Richie Diesterheft under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.