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Physics at University of California - Irvine

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

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received their master's degree in physics.

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

UC Irvine Physics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physics
  • Doctorate Degree in Physics

UC Irvine Physics Rankings

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physics Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Physics Master’s Program

21% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The physics program at UC Irvine awarded 14 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 79% of these degrees went to men with the other 21% going to women.

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Of the students who received a physics master's degree from UC Irvine, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 21% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Irvine with a master's in physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

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.

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