General Physics at Rhodes College

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 1,875 students attend the school each year.

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

Rhodes College General Physics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

Rhodes College General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at Rhodes College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Physics Student Demographics at Rhodes College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general physics majors at Rhodes College.

Rhodes College General Physics Bachelor’s Program

38% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Rhodes College since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general physics at Rhodes College 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 Rhodes College with a bachelor's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 TN, the home state for Rhodes College.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Natural Sciences Managers	500	$111,670
Physicists	440	$124,950
Physics Postsecondary Professors	250	$88,090

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 Ed Uthman, MD under License

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