Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

General Physics at Central Washington University

General Physics at Central Washington University

If you plan to study general physics, take a look at what Central Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 11,174.

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

CWU General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

CWU General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at CWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Physics Student Demographics at CWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general physics majors at Central Washington University.

CWU General Physics Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

undefined

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Washington University with a bachelor's in general physics.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers 14,560 $67,550
Natural Sciences Managers 1,810 $153,600
Physicists 500 $110,710
Physics Postsecondary Professors 440 $84,200

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.