The main focus area for this major is General Physics. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Physics is a major offered under the physical sciences program of study at University of Iowa. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in physics, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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 physics major at Iowa 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.
Here are some of the other rankings for Iowa.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Iowa paid an average of $1,315 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $400 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $8,073 | $30,036 |
Fees | $1,533 | $1,533 |
Books and Supplies | $950 | $950 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,590 | $11,590 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,230 | $3,230 |
Learn more about Iowa tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Iowa physics bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Iowa Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in physics in 2019-2020, 38.1% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 24.4%.
Of those students who received a bachelor’s degree at Iowa in physics at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 16 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Physics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Physics | 21 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to physics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Astronomy & Astrophysics | 6 |
Chemistry | 40 |
Geological & Earth Sciences | 20 |
*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.