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General Physics at University of California - Davis

General Physics at University of California - Davis

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

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and approximately 39,074 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Davis General Physics Degrees Available

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

UC Davis General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at UC Davis is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at UC Davis

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

UC Davis General Physics Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Davis since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Davis with a bachelor's in general physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 18
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

UC Davis General Physics Master’s Program

14% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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Of the students who received a general physics master's degree from UC Davis, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Davis with a master's in general physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Physicists 3,200 $115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors 1,190 $138,250

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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