General Physics at Carnegie Mellon University

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 Carnegie Mellon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 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.

Carnegie Mellon General Physics Degrees Available

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

Carnegie Mellon General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at Carnegie Mellon 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #76 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon General Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% 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 Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Carnegie Mellon General Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of general 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 general 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

Related Majors

• Theoretical & Mathematical Physics

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 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.