Physics at University of North Carolina at Pembroke

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

UNC Pembroke is located in Pembroke, North Carolina and approximately 8,262 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from UNC Pembroke.

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

UNC Pembroke Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

UNC Pembroke Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how UNC Pembroke performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at UNC Pembroke 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
Best Value Physics Schools	3
	77
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	177
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	255
Most Popular Physics Schools	361

Physics Student Demographics at UNC Pembroke

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

UNC Pembroke Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 physics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNC Pembroke, about 89% were men and 11% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 North Carolina at Pembroke with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Chemistry

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

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
• Image Credit: By Jopparn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.