Physics at The College of Wooster

If you are interested in studying physics, you may want to check out the program at The College of Wooster. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wooster College is located in Wooster, Ohio and approximately 1,924 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Wooster College.

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

Wooster College Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Wooster College Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Wooster College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Wooster College 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	31
Most Focused Physics Schools	38
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	179
Most Popular Physics Schools	279

Physics Student Demographics at Wooster College

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

Wooster College Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from Wooster College in 2020-2021, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Wooster College since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The College of Wooster with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wooster College 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
• 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 OH, the home state for The College of Wooster.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers	52,240	$61,930
Natural Sciences Managers	1,000	$131,680
Physics Postsecondary Professors	560	$116,670
Physicists	440	$122,370

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 Zi94sm65 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.