Physics at College of Saint Benedict

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

CSB is located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota and approximately 1,668 students attend the school each year. Of the 487 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of Saint Benedict in 2021, 2 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.

CSB Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

CSB Physics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at CSB 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	563
Most Popular Physics Schools	668

Physics Student Demographics at CSB

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

CSB Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics from CSB. About 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at CSB since its program graduates 76% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at CSB 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 College of Saint Benedict with a bachelor's in physics.

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

CSB 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 MN, the home state for College of Saint Benedict.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
High School Teachers	20,940	$64,610
Natural Sciences Managers	1,490	$125,780
Physics Postsecondary Professors	260	$99,980
Physicists	190	$155,140

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.