Physics at Lewis & Clark College

If you plan to study physics, take a look at what Lewis & Clark College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Lewis and Clark College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 3,157 students attend the school each year. Of the 463 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lewis & Clark College in 2021, 8 of them were physics majors.

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

Lewis and Clark College Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Lewis and Clark College Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Lewis and Clark College 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 physics major at Lewis and Clark College 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	155
Most Focused Physics Schools	199

Physics Student Demographics at Lewis and Clark College

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

Lewis and Clark College Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 physics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Lewis and Clark College, about 88% were men and 13% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a bachelor's in physics.

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

Lewis and Clark College 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 OR, the home state for Lewis & Clark College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Physics Postsecondary Professors	160	$92,300
Physicists	40	$124,410

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 Otebig (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.