Engineering & Applied Physics at Oglethorpe University

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 1,452.

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

Oglethorpe Engineering & Applied Physics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Physics

Oglethorpe Engineering & Applied Physics Rankings

The applied physics major at Oglethorpe is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering & Applied 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.

Applied Physics Student Demographics at Oglethorpe

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

Oglethorpe Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of applied physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical applied physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Oglethorpe since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its applied physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Careers That Applied Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in applied 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 GA, the home state for Oglethorpe University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Engineers	4,380	$93,580
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180
Physicists	50	$122,040

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
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