Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

General Physics at Whittier College

General Physics at Whittier College

Every general physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general physics program at Whittier College stacks up to those at other schools.

Whittier is located in Whittier, California and has a total student population of 1,564.

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.

Whittier General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

Whittier General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at Whittier 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 Whittier

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

Whittier General Physics Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% 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 Whittier since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

undefined

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general physics at Whittier are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Whittier College with a bachelor's in general physics.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 4
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 CA, the home state for Whittier College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Physicists 3,200 $115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors 1,190 $138,250

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.