General Physics at University of North Carolina at Asheville

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 3,363.

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.

UNCA General Physics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

UNCA General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at UNCA 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.

General Physics Student Demographics at UNCA

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

UNCA General Physics Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 UNCA since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors	440	$87,410
Physicists	330	$143,070

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
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