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General Physics at Virginia Commonwealth University

General Physics at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year.

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

VCU General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics
  • Master’s Degree in General Physics

VCU General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at VCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Physics Student Demographics at VCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general physics majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU General Physics Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general physics at VCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in general physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

VCU General Physics Master’s Program

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in general physics.

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

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers 26,830 $68,770
Natural Sciences Managers 1,270 $133,360
Physicists 750 $108,440
Physics Postsecondary Professors 410 $83,910

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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