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Physics at American River College

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Physics at American River College

If you plan to study physics, take a look at what American River College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

American River is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 25,422.

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

American River Physics Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Physics

American River Physics Rankings

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Physics Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at American River College.

American River Physics Associate’s Program

38% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of physics associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physics only graduates about 24% women each year. The program at American River may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 13% more women than average.

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American River does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physics graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American River College with a associate's in physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Physicists 3,200 $115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors 1,190 $138,250

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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