Physics at Oklahoma Baptist University

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

OBU is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma and approximately 1,763 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from OBU.

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

OBU Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

OBU Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at OBU 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 OBU 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 Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	508

Physics Student Demographics at OBU

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

OBU Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from OBU. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at OBU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Oklahoma Baptist University with a bachelor's in physics.

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

OBU 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 OK, the home state for Oklahoma Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540
Natural Sciences Managers	360	$116,160
Physics Postsecondary Professors	100	$85,930
Physicists	40	$164,190

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 Gigrantula under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.