General Physics at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year.

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

UH General Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics
• Master’s Degree in General Physics

UH General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at UH is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at UH

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

UH General Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general 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 Houston with a bachelor's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UH General Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston with a master's in general physics.

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

Related Majors

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Physics Postsecondary Professors	1,190	$103,980
Physicists	1,000	$118,300

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.