Physics at Simmons University

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

Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,263 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Simmons.

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

Simmons Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Simmons Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Simmons 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 Simmons 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 Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	563

Physics Student Demographics at Simmons

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

Simmons Physics Bachelor’s Program

The physics program at Simmons awarded 2 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Simmons since its program graduates 76% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Simmons 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 Simmons University with a bachelor's in physics.

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

Simmons 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 MA, the home state for Simmons University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors	550	$116,470
Physicists	360	$150,170

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.