Physics at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,907. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from PLU.

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

PLU Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

PLU Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how PLU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at PLU 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
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
	48
Most Focused Physics Schools	127
Best Value Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	233

Physics Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Natural Sciences Managers	1,810	$153,600
Physicists	500	$110,710
Physics Postsecondary Professors	440	$84,200

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.