Physics at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and has a total student population of 3,165. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from UH Hilo.

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

UH Hilo Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

UH Hilo Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at UH Hilo compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UH Hilo 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 Focused Physics Schools	283
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
Most Popular Physics Schools	505

Physics Student Demographics at UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from UH Hilo in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UH Hilo since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% more racial-ethnic minorities in its 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in physics.

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

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

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Chemistry
• Geological & Earth Sciences

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
High School Teachers	4,310	$60,810
Natural Sciences Managers	250	$115,240
Physicists	50	$126,480

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.