Physical Sciences at University of Central Arkansas

If you plan to study physical sciences, take a look at what University of Central Arkansas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,335. Of the 1,933 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Arkansas in 2021, 28 of them were physical sciences majors.

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

UCA Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

UCA Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at UCA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at UCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at University of Central Arkansas.

UCA Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UCA since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical sciences at UCA 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 University of Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

The following physical sciences concentations are available at University of Central Arkansas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Central Arkansas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemistry	22
Physics	6

Related Majors

• Engineering
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for University of Central Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
High School Teachers	11,480	$51,780
Professors	920	$57,420
Architectural and Engineering Managers	860	$121,390
Chemists	320	$72,840
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	270	$58,540

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 Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.