General Physics at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 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.

Johns Hopkins General Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics
• Master’s Degree in General Physics

Johns Hopkins General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at Johns Hopkins 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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #47 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins General Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% 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 Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Johns Hopkins General Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

In the general physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Other Physics

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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Physicists	1,950	$120,450
Physics Postsecondary Professors	320	$134,200

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 Lester Spence under License

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