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Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Illinois at Chicago

Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year.

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

UIC Engineering & Applied Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Physics

UIC Engineering & Applied Physics Rankings

The applied physics major at UIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering & Applied 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.

Applied Physics Student Demographics at UIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the applied physics majors at University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Program

14% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of applied physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities in its applied 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in applied physics.

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

Careers That Applied Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in applied 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers 9,760 $136,270
Engineers 4,000 $87,220
Natural Sciences Managers 1,950 $118,480
Engineering Professors 1,330 $114,010
Physicists 810 $114,320

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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