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Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Wisconsin - Madison

Engineering & Applied Physics at University of Wisconsin - Madison

If you plan to study engineering & applied physics, take a look at what University of Wisconsin - Madison has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 44,640.

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

UW - Madison Engineering & Applied Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Physics

UW - Madison Engineering & Applied Physics Rankings

The applied physics major at UW - Madison is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering & Applied 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.

Applied Physics Student Demographics at UW - Madison

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the applied physics majors at University of Wisconsin - Madison.

UW - Madison Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Program

17% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 83% of applied physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in applied physics at UW - Madison 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 Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in applied physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Applied Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in applied 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation Jobs in WI Average Salary in WI
Architectural and Engineering Managers 3,530 $122,400
Engineers 910 $86,600
Natural Sciences Managers 610 $106,110
Engineering Professors 500 $103,980
Physicists 90 $150,670

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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