Physics at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 12,380 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,114 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2021, 12 of them were physics majors.

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

UCCS Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

UCCS Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at UCCS 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 UCCS 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 Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	193
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	286

Physics Student Demographics at UCCS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

UCCS Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCCS. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UCCS since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at UCCS 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.