Physics at Coe College

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

Coe is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,394. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Coe.

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

Coe Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Coe Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Coe 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 Coe 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 Schools	8
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Most Popular Physics Schools	217

Physics Student Demographics at Coe

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

Coe 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 Coe since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Coe 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 Coe College with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• General Physical 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 IA, the home state for Coe College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$127,440
Physics Postsecondary Professors	160	$111,510
Physicists	30	$123,140

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.