Physics at Howard University

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. Of the 1,542 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 2021, 6 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.

Howard Physics Degrees Available

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

Howard Physics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools	133

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in physics from Howard. This is the #229 most popular school for physics master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

The physics program at Howard awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Howard also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
• 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 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
• Image Credit: By Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.