Physics at University of Wisconsin - Parkside

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

UW - Parkside is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and approximately 4,452 students attend the school each year. Of the 720 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Parkside in 2021, 8 of them were physics majors.

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

UW - Parkside Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

UW - Parkside Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at UW - Parkside compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at UW - Parkside is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
	131

Physics Student Demographics at UW - Parkside

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

UW - Parkside Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from UW - Parkside. Of these graduates, 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UW - Parkside since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its 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 Wisconsin - Parkside with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UW - Parkside also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Chemistry

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 - Parkside.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
Natural Sciences Managers	610	$106,110
Physics Postsecondary Professors	280	$84,200
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.