Physics at Radford University

If you are interested in studying physics, you may want to check out the program at Radford University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Radford is located in Radford, Virginia and approximately 10,695 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,766 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Radford University in 2021, 6 of them were physics majors.

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

Radford Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Radford Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Radford 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 Radford 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 Value Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best Physics Schools	124
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	411

Physics Student Demographics at Radford

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

Radford Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from Radford in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Radford since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Radford 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 Radford University with a bachelor's in physics.

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

Radford 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 VA, the home state for Radford University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Physicists	750	$108,440
Physics Postsecondary Professors	410	$83,910

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 Matt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.