Physical Sciences at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 17 physical sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Pacific.

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

Pacific Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

Pacific Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at Pacific is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

If you plan to be a physical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pacific University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemistry	10
Physics	6
General Physical Sciences	1

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences 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 Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,580	$133,490
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	950	$77,980
Chemists	620	$76,780

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.