Physics at Ursinus College

If you plan to study physics, take a look at what Ursinus College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ursinus is located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,493. In 2021, 8 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Ursinus.

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

Ursinus Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Ursinus Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Ursinus 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 Ursinus 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
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48

Physics Student Demographics at Ursinus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Ursinus College.

Ursinus Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Ursinus since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Ursinus 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 Ursinus College with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ursinus 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 PA, the home state for Ursinus College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Physics Postsecondary Professors	770	$98,870
Physicists	320	$137,060

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 Pennaboy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.