Physics at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

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

CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 24,723 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from CU Anschutz.

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

CU Anschutz Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

CU Anschutz Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how CU Anschutz 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 physics major at CU Anschutz 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	365
Most Popular Physics Schools	462
Most Focused Physics Schools	744

Physics Student Demographics at CU Anschutz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

CU Anschutz Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics from CU Anschutz. About 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at CU Anschutz since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at CU Anschutz 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 Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CU Anschutz 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 Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

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 Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.