Physics at Fisk University

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

Fisk is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 911 students attend the school each year. Of the 103 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fisk University in 2021, 5 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.

Fisk Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Fisk Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Fisk 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 Fisk 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Physics Schools	6
Most Focused Physics Master’s Degree Schools	228
Most Popular Physics Master’s Degree Schools	228
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
Most Popular Physics Schools	505

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in physics from Fisk. This is the #229 most popular school for physics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Physics Student Demographics at Fisk

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

Fisk Physics Bachelor’s Program

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 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Fisk since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Fisk University with a bachelor's in physics.

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

Fisk 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 TN, the home state for Fisk University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Natural Sciences Managers	500	$111,670
Physicists	440	$124,950
Physics Postsecondary Professors	250	$88,090

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 EVula under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.