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Career Information for Physicists in Texas

Fast Facts for Physicists in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Austin and San Antonio
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Houston and Fort Worth
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston and Austin

Salaries for Physicists in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Houston and San Antonio. (See table at bottom of page)

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Texas Physics Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Abilene Christian UniversityAbileneDoctorate4,675
Angelina CollegeLufkinAssociate4,677
Angelo State UniversitySan AngeloMasters6,239
Austin CollegeShermanMasters1,339
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Baylor UniversityWacoDoctorate & First Professional14,174
Blinn CollegeBrenhamAssociate14,589
Cisco CollegeCiscoAssociate3,365
Clarendon CollegeClarendonAssociate1,126
Frank Phillips CollegeBorgerAssociate1,356
Grayson County CollegeDenisonAssociate3,811
Hardin-Simmons UniversityAbileneDoctorate2,435
Hill CollegeHillsboroAssociate3,556
Houston Baptist UniversityHoustonMasters2,339
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Lamar UniversityBeaumontDoctorate10,213
McMurry UniversityAbileneBachelor1,462
Midland CollegeMidlandBachelor5,739
Midwestern State UniversityWichita FallsMasters6,027
Northwest Vista CollegeSan AntonioAssociate10,329
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
Paris Junior CollegeParisAssociate4,343
Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie ViewDoctorate8,382
Rice UniversityHoustonDoctorate5,161
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsvilleDoctorate16,496
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
South Texas CollegeMcAllenBachelor19,827
Southern Methodist UniversityDallasDoctorate & First Professional10,829
Southwestern UniversityGeorgetownBachelor1,294
St Marys UniversitySan AntonioDoctorate & First Professional3,920
Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdochesDoctorate11,607
Tarleton State UniversityStephenvilleDoctorate9,460
Texarkana CollegeTexarkanaAssociate4,439
Texas A & M UniversityCollege StationDoctorate46,542
Texas A & M University-CommerceCommerceDoctorate8,813
Texas A & M University-KingsvilleKingsvilleDoctorate6,567
Texas Christian UniversityFort WorthMasters8,668
Texas Lutheran UniversitySeguinBachelor1,375
Texas State University-San MarcosSan MarcosDoctorate28,121
Texas Tech UniversityLubbockDoctorate & First Professional28,260
The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlingtonDoctorate24,889
The University of Texas at AustinAustinDoctorate50,170
The University of Texas at BrownsvilleBrownsvilleDoctorate17,215
The University of Texas at DallasRichardsonDoctorate14,556
The University of Texas at El PasoEl PasoDoctorate20,154
The University of Texas at San AntonioSan AntonioDoctorate28,533
The University of Texas-Pan AmericanEdinburgDoctorate17,435
Trinity UniversitySan AntonioMasters2,686
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerAssociate8,217
University of DallasIrvingDoctorate2,972
University of HoustonHoustonDoctorate & First Professional34,663
University of Houston-Clear LakeHoustonDoctorate7,522
University of North TexasDentonDoctorate34,710
West Texas A & M UniversityCanyonDoctorate7,502

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Physicists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. 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

TEXAS

   
Austin120$53,6901.9
San Antonio70$93,5701
Fort Worth50$81,8900.7
Houston120$115,5500.6
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