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Physics at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

What traits are you looking for in a physics school? To help you decide if University of Washington - Seattle Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physics program.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 48,149 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 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.

UW Seattle Physics Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Physics Rankings

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physics Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Physics Master’s Program

29% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 38 students who earned a master's degree in Physics from UW Seattle in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

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Of the students who received a physics master's degree from UW Seattle, 61% 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 24% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 23
International Students 6
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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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