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Physics at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 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.

UPenn Physics Degrees Available

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

UPenn Physics Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #37 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physics Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Physics Master’s Program

25% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 32 students who graduated with a master’s in physics from UPenn in 2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

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Of the students who received a physics master's degree from UPenn, 56% 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 16% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 18
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
Natural Sciences Managers 4,480 $147,810
Physics Postsecondary Professors 770 $98,870
Physicists 320 $137,060

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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