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Physical Sciences at Allegheny College

Physical Sciences at Allegheny College

Every physical sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physical sciences program at Allegheny College stacks up to those at other schools.

Allegheny is located in Meadville, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,667 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Allegheny Physical Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

Allegheny Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at Allegheny is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at Allegheny

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at Allegheny College.

Allegheny Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

37% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical sciences at Allegheny are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Allegheny College with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 22
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

If you plan to be a physical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Allegheny College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Geological & Earth Sciences 7
Chemistry 6
Physics 6

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Allegheny College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,220 $150,400
Chemists 5,460 $77,250
Natural Sciences Managers 4,480 $147,810

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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