Physics Bachelor's Degrees: 2018. Results from the 2018 Survey of Enrollments and Degrees. Focus On

Each fall the Statistical Research Center (SRC) conducts its Survey of Enrollments and Degrees. The survey is sent to all degree-granting physics and astronomy departments in the United States and Puerto Rico. Departments are asked to provide information concerning the number of students they currently have enrolled and the number of degrees they conferred in the previous academic year. The academic year is defined as being from September to August. In the 2017-18 academic year, 753 departments offered bachelor's degrees in physics. This Focus On highlights 2018 survey results pertaining to degrees conferred, characteristics (citizenship, age, gender, two-year college background, double majors, minors, and degree focus, race and ethnicity), and enrollments.