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General Physics at University of Pennsylvania

General Physics at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

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.

UPenn General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics
  • Master’s Degree in General Physics

UPenn General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at UPenn 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.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn General Physics Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% 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 UPenn since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in general physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 24
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

UPenn General Physics Master’s Program

24% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 76% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 6
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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
Natural Sciences Managers 4,480 $147,810
Physics Postsecondary Professors 770 $98,870
Physicists 320 $137,060

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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