Physics at Carnegie Mellon University

What traits are you looking for in a physics school? To help you decide if Carnegie Mellon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physics program.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.

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

Carnegie Mellon Physics Degrees Available

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

Carnegie Mellon Physics Rankings

The physics major at Carnegie Mellon 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physics Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Carnegie Mellon Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of physics master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in physics.

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

Concentrations Within Physics

Physics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carnegie Mellon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics	54
Theoretical & Mathematical Physics	2

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Chemistry
• Materials Sciences

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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Physics Postsecondary Professors	770	$98,870
Physicists	320	$137,060

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.