Physics at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 94 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Austin.

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

UT Austin Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics
• Master’s Degree in Physics
• Doctorate Degree in Physics

UT Austin Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at UT Austin 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 UT Austin 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
	34
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	238

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in physics from UT Austin. This is the #204 most popular school for physics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #37 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UT Austin Physics Graduates

The median salary of physics students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $42,452. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $38,470 for all physics bachelor's degree recipients.

Physics Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Physics Bachelor’s Program

The physics program at UT Austin awarded 94 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	32
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UT Austin Physics Master’s Program

The physics program at UT Austin awarded 1 master's degree in 2020-2021.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in physics.

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

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Physics Postsecondary Professors	1,190	$103,980
Physicists	1,000	$118,300

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.