General Physics at Santa Clara University

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 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.

SCU General Physics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

SCU General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at SCU 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 SCU

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

SCU General Physics Bachelor’s Program

43% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% 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 SCU since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general 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 general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	3
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 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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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