Physics at Whitworth University

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

Whitworth is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 2,756. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Whitworth.

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

Whitworth Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Whitworth Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Whitworth compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Whitworth 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 Schools	61
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Best Physics Schools	141
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Best Value Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	221
Best Value Physics Schools	225

Physics Student Demographics at Whitworth

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

Whitworth Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Whitworth. Of these graduates, 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 Whitworth since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Whitworth 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 Whitworth University with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Whitworth also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Chemistry

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 Whitworth University.

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 Charlesdrakew under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.