Engineering Physics at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and approximately 26,744 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 engineering physics majors received their bachelor's degree from KU.

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.

KU Engineering Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics

KU Engineering Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering physics progam at KU 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 engineering physics major at KU 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
Most Focused Engineering Physics Schools	74

Engineering Physics Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 engineering physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from KU. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical engineering physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% women. So female students are more repesented at KU since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 Kansas with a bachelor's in engineering physics.

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

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

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Architectural 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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,520	$129,220
Engineers	600	$82,060
Engineering Professors	310	$107,820
Natural Sciences Managers	250	$127,440

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.