Physics at Purdue University Fort Wayne

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

PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and approximately 8,093 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from PFW.

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

PFW Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

PFW Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at PFW 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 PFW 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 Basic Certificate Schools	4
Best Value Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Best Physics Schools	106
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	233

Physics Student Demographics at PFW

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

PFW Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from PFW. Of these graduates, 70% were men and 30% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at PFW since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at PFW 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Chemistry
• Materials Sciences

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Physics Postsecondary Professors	300	$107,260

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.