Physics at Howard University

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying physics, you may want to check out the program at Howard University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physics section at the bottom of this page.

Howard Physics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Howard Physics Rankings

The physics major at Howard 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 Howard

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

Howard Physics Bachelor’s Program

67% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 71% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Physics

The following physics concentations are available at Howard University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics	9

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 Howard 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
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