General Physics at Northwestern University

What traits are you looking for in a general physics school? To help you decide if Northwestern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general physics program.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

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

Northwestern General Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics
• Master’s Degree in General Physics

Northwestern General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at Northwestern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #94 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern General Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general physics at Northwestern are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Northwestern General Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Physicists	810	$114,320
Physics Postsecondary Professors	640	$92,130

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.