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Physics at University of Northern Iowa

If you are interested in studying physics, you may want to check out the program at University of Northern Iowa. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and approximately 9,507 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from UNI.

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

UNI Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

UNI Physics Rankings

The physics major at UNI 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.

Physics Student Demographics at UNI

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

UNI Physics Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from UNI. 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 UNI since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at UNI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Northern Iowa with a bachelor's in physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 IA, the home state for University of Northern Iowa.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers 13,010 $56,510
Natural Sciences Managers 380 $127,440
Physics Postsecondary Professors 160 $111,510
Physicists 30 $123,140

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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