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Physics at Northwest Nazarene University

If you are interested in studying physics, you may want to check out the program at Northwest Nazarene University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and has a total student population of 2,109. Of the 340 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwest Nazarene University in 2021, 3 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.

NNU Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

NNU Physics Rankings

The physics major at NNU 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 NNU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Northwest Nazarene University.

NNU Physics Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
The physics program at NNU awarded 3 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at NNU since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at NNU 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 Northwest Nazarene University with a bachelor's in physics.

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

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

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 ID, the home state for Northwest Nazarene University.

Occupation Jobs in ID Average Salary in ID
High School Teachers 5,210 $51,170
Natural Sciences Managers 360 $93,940
Physicists 90 $114,230
Physics Postsecondary Professors 50 $91,050

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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