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Physical Sciences at Kentucky Wesleyan College

If you plan to study physical sciences, take a look at what Kentucky Wesleyan College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and approximately 887 students attend the school each year. Of the 171 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College in 2021, 11 of them were physical sciences majors.

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

Wesleyan Physical Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

Wesleyan Physical Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physical sciences progam at Wesleyan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 physical sciences major at Wesleyan is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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 Focused Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 34
Most Focused Physical Sciences Schools 47
Most Popular Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 589
Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools 730

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Wesleyan Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The physical sciences program at Wesleyan awarded 11 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Wesleyan since its program graduates 39% more women than average.

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About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical sciences at Wesleyan 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

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

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

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

If you plan to be a physical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Kentucky Wesleyan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemistry 10
Physics 1

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers 12,250 $56,200
Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,940 $117,490
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,200 $51,740
Professors 890 $50,500
Chemists 650 $72,100

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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