Physics at Juniata College

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

Juniata is located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,356. In 2021, 5 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Juniata.

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

Juniata Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Juniata Physics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Juniata 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
Most Popular Physics Schools	505

Physics Student Demographics at Juniata

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

Juniata Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from Juniata in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Juniata since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Juniata 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 Juniata College with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 PA, the home state for Juniata College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Physics Postsecondary Professors	770	$98,870
Physicists	320	$137,060

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 K.hierasimowicz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.