Engineering Physics at University of Central Oklahoma

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

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 14,132. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from UCO.

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

UCO Engineering Physics Degrees Available

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

UCO Engineering Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering physics programs across the country. The following shows how UCO performed in these rankings.

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 engineering physics major at UCO is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering 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
Best Value Engineering Physics Master’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in engineering physics from UCO. This makes it the #10 most popular school for engineering physics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Engineering Physics Student Demographics at UCO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering physics majors at University of Central Oklahoma.

UCO Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 engineering physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCO. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's in engineering 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	1

UCO Engineering Physics Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a master's degree in engineering physics from UCO. About 0% of these graduates were women and the other 100% were men.

In the engineering physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Careers That Engineering Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,980	$137,560
Engineers	1,160	$83,080
Engineering Professors	470	$95,790
Natural Sciences Managers	360	$116,160
Physicists	40	$164,190

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.