Physics at Hope College

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

Hope is located in Holland, Michigan and approximately 3,061 students attend the school each year. Of the 831 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hope College 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.

Hope Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Hope Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Hope compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Hope 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
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
	148
	150
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	332
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	508

Physics Student Demographics at Hope

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

Hope Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics from Hope. About 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Hope 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 Hope College with a bachelor's in physics.

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

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 MI, the home state for Hope College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Natural Sciences Managers	1,570	$113,840
Physicists	510	$106,650
Physics Postsecondary Professors	490	$98,870

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 Trenner1945 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.