Engineering Physics at University of Colorado Boulder

If you are interested in studying engineering physics, you may want to check out the program at University of Colorado Boulder. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 37,437 students attend the school each year. Of the 7,404 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado Boulder in 2021, 27 of them were engineering physics majors.

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.

CU - Boulder Engineering Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics

CU - Boulder Engineering Physics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering physics major at CU - Boulder 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 Engineering Physics Schools	26
Most Focused Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38

Engineering Physics Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

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

CU - Boulder Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 engineering physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from CU - Boulder. Of these graduates, 89% were men and 11% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering physics at CU - Boulder are white. This is typical 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 Boulder with a bachelor's in engineering physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CU - Boulder 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
• Materials Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biochemical 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Engineers	2,500	$111,610
Natural Sciences Managers	1,230	$141,750
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950
Physicists	930	$106,490

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.