Physics at California State University - Long Beach

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

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069.

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

CSULB Physics Degrees Available

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

CSULB Physics Rankings

The physics major at CSULB 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.

Physics Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CSULB Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 91% of physics master's degrees went to men and 9% went to women.

In the physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Physics

If you plan to be a physics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Long Beach. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics	48

Related Majors

• 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.