Health/Medical Physics at Oregon State University

Every health/medical physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health/medical physics program at Oregon State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and approximately 32,312 students attend the school each year.

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

Oregon State Health/Medical Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health/Medical Physics
• Master’s Degree in Health/Medical Physics

Oregon State Health/Medical Physics Rankings

The health/medical physics major at Oregon State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health/Medical 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 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in health/medical physics, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health/Medical Physics Student Demographics at Oregon State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health/medical physics majors at Oregon State University.

Oregon State Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of health/medical physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical health/medical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Oregon State since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health/medical physics at Oregon State 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 Oregon State University with a bachelor's in health/medical physics.

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

Oregon State Health/Medical Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of health/medical physics master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

Of the students who received a health/medical physics master's degree from Oregon State, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health/medical physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• General Public Health

Careers That Health/Medical Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in health/medical 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 Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$145,380
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 Gregkeene under License

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