Physics at Utah Valley University

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

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from UVU.

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

UVU Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

UVU Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how UVU performed in these rankings.

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 UVU 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 Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64

Physics Student Demographics at UVU

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

UVU Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from UVU in 2020-2021, 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UVU since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UVU 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
• General Physical Sciences

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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
High School Teachers	10,170	$59,070
Natural Sciences Managers	1,200	$99,810
Physics Postsecondary Professors	170	$93,800
Physicists	60	$129,480

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.