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General Physics at James Madison University

General Physics at James Madison University

Every general physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general physics program at James Madison University stacks up to those at other schools.

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 21,594 students attend the school each year.

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

JMU General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

JMU General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at JMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Physics Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU General Physics Bachelor’s Program

27% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 73% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at JMU since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general physics at JMU 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 James Madison University with a bachelor's in general physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers 26,830 $68,770
Natural Sciences Managers 1,270 $133,360
Physicists 750 $108,440
Physics Postsecondary Professors 410 $83,910

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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