Physics at Willamette University

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

Willamette is located in Salem, Oregon and has a total student population of 1,866. In 2021, 11 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Willamette.

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

Willamette Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Willamette Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Willamette 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 Willamette 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	66
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
	158
	161
Best Value Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	187
Most Popular Physics Schools	310

Physics Student Demographics at Willamette

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

Willamette Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Willamette. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Willamette since its program graduates 39% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Willamette University 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	3

Willamette 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 OR, the home state for Willamette University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Physics Postsecondary Professors	160	$92,300
Physicists	40	$124,410

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 Cacophony under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.