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Physics at Coastal Carolina University

Physics at Coastal Carolina University

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

Coastal Carolina University is located in Conway, South Carolina and approximately 10,118 students attend the school each year.

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

Coastal Carolina University Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Coastal Carolina University Physics Rankings

The physics major at Coastal Carolina University 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.

Physics Student Demographics at Coastal Carolina University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Coastal Carolina University.

Coastal Carolina University Physics Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Coastal Carolina University since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Coastal Carolina University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Coastal Carolina University with a bachelor's in physics.

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

Concentrations Within Physics

If you plan to be a physics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Coastal Carolina University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 6

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 SC, the home state for Coastal Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers 15,310 $54,400
Natural Sciences Managers 530 $91,270
Physicists 200 $129,860
Physics Postsecondary Professors 120 $96,840

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.

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