Physics at University of North Florida

Every physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physics program at University of North Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UNF is located in Jacksonville, Florida and approximately 16,926 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 18 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from UNF.

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

UNF Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

UNF Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how UNF 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 UNF 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145

Earnings of UNF Physics Graduates

The median salary of physics students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNF is $25,656. This is less than $38,470, which is the national average of all physics majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Physics Student Demographics at UNF

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

UNF Physics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from UNF. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UNF since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at UNF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Florida with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNF 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 FL, the home state for University of North Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Physics Postsecondary Professors	440	$99,090
Physicists	240	$143,370

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 The222 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.