Physical Sciences at Seattle University

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

Seattle U is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 7,050 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 physical sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Seattle U.

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

Seattle U Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

Seattle U Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at Seattle U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at Seattle U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at Seattle University.

Seattle U Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a bachelor's degree in physical sciences from Seattle U. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Seattle U since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Seattle University with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Seattle U also has a doctoral program available in physical sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

The following physical sciences concentations are available at Seattle University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Seattle University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemistry	7
Physics	4

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Engineering
• Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Seattle University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,880	$85,090
Natural Sciences Managers	1,810	$153,600
Chemists	1,720	$84,440

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.