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Physics at Kenyon College

Physics at Kenyon College

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

Kenyon is located in Gambier, Ohio and has a total student population of 1,615.

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

Kenyon Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Kenyon Physics Rankings

The physics major at Kenyon 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.

Physics Student Demographics at Kenyon

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

Kenyon Physics Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Kenyon since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Kenyon 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 Kenyon College with a bachelor's in physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 11
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Physics

If you plan to be a physics 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 Kenyon College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 14

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 OH, the home state for Kenyon College.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers 52,240 $61,930
Natural Sciences Managers 1,000 $131,680
Physics Postsecondary Professors 560 $116,670
Physicists 440 $122,370

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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