Physics at Roanoke College

Every physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physics program at Roanoke College stacks up to those at other schools.

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,920. Of the 458 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Roanoke College in 2021, 10 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.

Roanoke Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Roanoke Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Roanoke 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 Roanoke 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	53
Most Popular Physics Schools	333

Physics Student Demographics at Roanoke

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

Roanoke Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Roanoke. Of these graduates, 70% were men and 30% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Roanoke since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 Roanoke College.

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 roanokecollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.