General Physics at California State University - Northridge

Every general physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general physics program at California State University - Northridge stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and approximately 40,381 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.

CSUN General Physics Degrees Available

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

CSUN General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at CSUN 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 CSUN

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

CSUN General Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% 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 CSUN since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 State University - Northridge with a bachelor's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSUN General Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 90% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 10% went to women.

Of the students who received a general physics master's degree from CSUN, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. 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 State University - Northridge with a master's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 State University - Northridge.

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 Cbl62 under License

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