Physical Sciences at DePauw University

If you are interested in studying physical sciences, you may want to check out the program at DePauw University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

DePauw is located in Greencastle, Indiana and approximately 1,752 students attend the school each year. Of the 583 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from DePauw University in 2021, 9 of them were physical sciences majors.

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

DePauw Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

DePauw Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at DePauw is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at DePauw

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at DePauw University.

DePauw Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

The physical sciences program at DePauw awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at DePauw since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical sciences at DePauw are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePauw University with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

If you plan to be a physical sciences 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 DePauw University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physics	4
Chemistry	3
Geological & Earth Sciences	2

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for DePauw University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Chemists	2,820	$69,690
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270

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 Rovergirl88 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.