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Physics at Virginia Military Institute

Physics at Virginia Military Institute

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

VMI is located in Lexington, Virginia and approximately 1,698 students attend the school each year.

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

VMI Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

VMI Physics Rankings

The physics major at VMI 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.

Physics Student Demographics at VMI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Virginia Military Institute.

VMI Physics Bachelor’s Program

9% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 91% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 9% went to women.

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About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at VMI 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 Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor's in physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Physics

The following physics concentations are available at Virginia Military Institute. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Military Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 10

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Military Institute.

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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