Physics at Amherst College

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

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,745. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Amherst.

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

Amherst Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Amherst Physics Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Physics Schools	9

Physics Student Demographics at Amherst

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

Amherst Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 physics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Amherst, about 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Chemistry

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 MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors	550	$116,470
Physicists	360	$150,170

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.