Physics at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 19,371. Of the 2,120 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 2021, 21 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.

Georgetown Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics
• Master’s Degree in Physics
• Doctorate Degree in Physics

Georgetown Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Georgetown 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 Georgetown 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	121
Most Focused Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools	145
Most Focused Physics Schools	447

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in physics from Georgetown. This makes it the #168 most popular school for physics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #122 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physics Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Physics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Georgetown. About 52% of these graduates were women and the other 48% were men. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgetown since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Georgetown 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 Georgetown University with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Georgetown Physics Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in Physics from Georgetown in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

In the physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgetown University with a master's in physics.

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

Georgetown also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 4 students 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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
High School Teachers	3,850	$65,180
Natural Sciences Managers	1,200	$132,310
Physicists	670	$144,300
Physics Postsecondary Professors	80	$100,940

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.