Physics at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin and approximately 11,989 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from UW - Whitewater.

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 - Whitewater Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

UW - Whitewater Physics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at UW - Whitewater 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 Schools	14
	53
Best Physics Schools	63
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63

Physics Student Demographics at UW - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater Physics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from UW - Whitewater. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UW - Whitewater since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at UW - Whitewater are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 - Whitewater with a bachelor's in physics.

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 - Whitewater.

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
• Image Credit: By Thebox193 under License

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