Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

General Physics at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

General Physics at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

If you are interested in studying general physics, you may want to check out the program at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year.

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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo General Physics Degrees Available

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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.

General Physics Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general physics majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo General Physics Bachelor’s Program

37% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% 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 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

undefined

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general physics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in general physics.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 24
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo General Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

undefined

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a master's in general physics.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 0
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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.