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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Coastal Carolina University.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how Coastal Carolina University performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	365
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	396
Most Popular Physics Schools	462

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

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Coastal Carolina University since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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.

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

Coastal Carolina University 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DKHardee/Kyle Hardee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.