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Physical Sciences at University of South Carolina - Upstate

Physical Sciences at University of South Carolina - Upstate

If you plan to study physical sciences, take a look at what University of South Carolina - Upstate has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and approximately 6,038 students attend the school each year.

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

USC Upstate Physical Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

USC Upstate Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at USC Upstate is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at USC Upstate

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at University of South Carolina - Upstate.

USC Upstate Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at USC Upstate since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

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

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

If you plan to be a physical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Carolina - Upstate. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemistry 5

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers 15,310 $54,400
Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,770 $132,810
Chemists 1,450 $75,960
Engineering Professors 610 $98,390
Natural Sciences Managers 530 $91,270

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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