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Career Information for Physicists in Tennessee

Fast Facts for Physicists in Tennessee

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Knoxville
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Memphis
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Knoxville

Salaries for Physicists in Tennessee

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Memphis. (See table at bottom of page)

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Tennessee Physics Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Austin Peay State UniversityClarksvilleMasters9,094
Belmont UniversityNashvilleDoctorate & First Professional4,742
Christian Brothers UniversityMemphisMasters1,874
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson CityDoctorate & First Professional13,119
Fisk UniversityNashvilleMasters814
King CollegeBristolMasters1,515
Lipscomb UniversityNashvilleDoctorate2,744
Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboroDoctorate23,246
Rhodes CollegeMemphisMasters1,697
Sewanee: The University of the SouthSewaneeDoctorate & First Professional1,561
Tennessee State UniversityNashvilleDoctorate9,065
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookevilleDoctorate10,321
The University of TennesseeKnoxvilleDoctorate29,937
The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaChattanoogaDoctorate9,558
Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashvilleDoctorate2,286
Union UniversityJacksonDoctorate3,235
University of MemphisMemphisDoctorate & First Professional20,379
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvilleDoctorate & First Professional11,847

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Physicists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Tennessee. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Physicists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Physicists relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

TENNESSEE

   
Knoxville80$101,0502.9
Memphis40$115,7700.8
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