Physics at Pacific University

What traits are you looking for in a physics school? To help you decide if Pacific University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physics program.

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and has a total student population of 3,808. In 2021, 6 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Pacific.

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

Pacific Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Pacific Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Pacific compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Pacific 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 Focused Physics Schools	382

Physics Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Physics Bachelor’s Program

The physics program at Pacific awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 University with a bachelor's in physics.

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

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

Related Majors

• General Physical 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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Physics Postsecondary Professors	160	$92,300
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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.