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General Physics at University of San Diego

General Physics at University of San Diego

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

USD is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 8,861.

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.

USD General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

USD General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at USD 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 USD

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

USD General Physics Bachelor’s Program

47% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 53% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% 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 USD since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

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About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general physics at USD are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 San Diego with a bachelor's in general physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 8
International Students 0
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 CA, the home state for University of San Diego.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Physicists 3,200 $115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors 1,190 $138,250

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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