Engineering Physics at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from UCONN.

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.

UCONN Engineering Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics

UCONN Engineering Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering physics programs across the country. The following shows how UCONN 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 UCONN 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35

Engineering Physics Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 engineering physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCONN. Of these graduates, 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical engineering physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% women. So female students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering physics at UCONN 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in engineering physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• General 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Engineers	940	$100,230
Natural Sciences Managers	650	$179,200
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.