Physics at Spelman College

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

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 2,207 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Spelman.

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

Spelman Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Spelman Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how Spelman performed in these rankings.

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 Spelman 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	299
Most Focused Physics Schools	421
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	563
Most Popular Physics Schools	668

Physics Student Demographics at Spelman

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

Spelman Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in physics from Spelman in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Spelman since its program graduates 76% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 71% 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 Spelman College with a bachelor's in physics.

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

Spelman 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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Physics Postsecondary Professors	100	$85,300
Physicists	50	$122,040

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 Energy.gov under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.