Health/Medical Physics at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in health/medical physics from UNLV.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health/Medical Physics section at the bottom of this page.

UNLV Health/Medical Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health/Medical Physics
• Master’s Degree in Health/Medical Physics

UNLV Health/Medical Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health/medical physics progam at UNLV compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health/medical physics major at UNLV is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health/Medical 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Value Medical Physics Master’s Degree Schools	11
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Best Value Medical Physics Schools	13
Most Focused Medical Physics Master’s Degree Schools	17
Most Focused Medical Physics Schools	17

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in health/medical physics from UNLV. This makes it the #14 most popular school for health/medical physics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in health/medical physics, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health/Medical Physics Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health/medical physics majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in health/medical physics from UNLV. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical health/medical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at UNLV since its program graduates 62% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health/medical physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in health/medical physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNLV Health/Medical Physics Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in health/medical physics from UNLV in 2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the health/medical physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in health/medical physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNLV also has a doctoral program available in health/medical physics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Public Health

Careers That Health/Medical Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in health/medical 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Health Specialties Professors	1,190	$95,720

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stan Shebs under License

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