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Physics at Furman University

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

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and approximately 2,567 students attend the school each year. Of the 780 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Furman University in 2021, 7 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.

Furman Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Furman Physics Rankings

The physics major at Furman 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.

Physics Student Demographics at Furman

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

Furman Physics Bachelor’s Program

29% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The physics program at Furman awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Furman since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Furman 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 Furman University with a bachelor's in physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 Furman 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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