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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Kenyon.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Kenyon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Most Focused Physics Schools	15
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Most Popular Physics Schools	266

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

Of the 14 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from Kenyon in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Kenyon since its program graduates 40% more women than average.

About 71% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Curt Smith under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.