General Physics at University of Richmond

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

URichmond is located in University of Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,056.

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.

URichmond General Physics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

URichmond General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at URichmond 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 URichmond

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

URichmond General Physics Bachelor’s Program

29% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% 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 URichmond since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general physics at URichmond 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 Richmond with a bachelor's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 VA, the home state for University of Richmond.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Physicists	750	$108,440
Physics Postsecondary Professors	410	$83,910

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 Andrij Bulba under License

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