Physics at United States Air Force Academy

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

USAFA is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and approximately 4,307 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from USAFA.

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

USAFA Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

USAFA Physics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at USAFA 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	83
Most Focused Physics Schools	98
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
Most Popular Physics Schools	245

Physics Student Demographics at USAFA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at United States Air Force Academy.

USAFA Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from USAFA. Of these graduates, 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at USAFA since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at USAFA 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 United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• General Physical Sciences
• Chemistry
• Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology

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 CO, the home state for United States Air Force Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
High School Teachers	16,950	$55,110
Natural Sciences Managers	1,230	$141,750
Physicists	930	$106,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors	320	$91,120

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 David Shankbone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.