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Physics at Santa Clara University

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

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from SCU.

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

SCU Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

SCU Physics Rankings

The physics major at SCU 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.

Physics Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Physics Bachelor’s Program

14% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from SCU. About 14% of these graduates were women and the other 86% were men.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Physicists 3,200 $115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors 1,190 $138,250

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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