Physics at Gonzaga University

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

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and approximately 7,295 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,435 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University in 2021, 3 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.

Gonzaga Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Gonzaga Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how Gonzaga performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Gonzaga 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 Schools	608

Physics Student Demographics at Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Gonzaga. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 Gonzaga University with a bachelor's in physics.

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

Gonzaga 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 WA, the home state for Gonzaga University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Natural Sciences Managers	1,810	$153,600
Physicists	500	$110,710
Physics Postsecondary Professors	440	$84,200

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 Gregg M. Erickson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.