by our College Data Analytics TeamPhysical Sciences is a program of study at United States Air Force Academy. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in physical sciences, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The physical sciences major at USAFA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.
Here are some of the other rankings for USAFA.
Online degrees for the USAFA physical sciences bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the USAFA Online Learning page.
About 31.8% of the students who received their BS in physical sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 43.0%.
Around 27.3% of physical sciences bachelor’s degree recipients at USAFA in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 16 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Physical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology | 5 |
| Chemistry | 1 |
| Physics | 16 |
*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.
