Physics at Susquehanna University

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

Susquehanna is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,241 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Susquehanna.

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

Susquehanna Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Susquehanna Physics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Susquehanna 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 Schools	165
Most Popular Physics Schools	462

Physics Student Demographics at Susquehanna

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

Susquehanna Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Susquehanna. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Susquehanna since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna University with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences

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 PA, the home state for Susquehanna University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Physics Postsecondary Professors	770	$98,870
Physicists	320	$137,060

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 Janey Apfelbaum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.