Physics at Whitman College

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and has a total student population of 1,360. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Whitman.

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

Whitman Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Whitman Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how Whitman 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 Whitman 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	41
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	298
Most Popular Physics Schools	399

Physics Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Physics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Whitman. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Whitman 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 physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Whitman 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
• Astronomy & Astrophysics

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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Natural Sciences Managers	1,810	$153,600
Physicists	500	$110,710
Physics Postsecondary Professors	440	$84,200

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.