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General Physics at California Institute of Technology

General Physics at California Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying general physics, you may want to check out the program at California Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 2,240.

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

Caltech General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics
  • Master’s Degree in General Physics

Caltech General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at Caltech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at Caltech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general physics majors at California Institute of Technology.

Caltech General Physics Bachelor’s Program

42% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Caltech since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in general physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 12
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Caltech General Physics Master’s Program

20% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 80% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

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In the general physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a master's in general physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 4
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 California Institute of Technology.

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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