Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Physics at Central New Mexico Community College

Physics at Central New Mexico Community College

If you plan to study physics, take a look at what Central New Mexico Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 21,398.

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

CNM Physics Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Physics

CNM Physics Rankings

Physics Student Demographics at CNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Central New Mexico Community College.

CNM Physics Associate’s Program

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of physics associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physics only graduates about 25% women each year. The program at CNM may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 75% more women than average.

undefined

CNM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physics graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central New Mexico Community College with a associate's in physics.

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

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Central New Mexico Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 3

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 NM, the home state for Central New Mexico Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers 7,010 $55,380
Physicists 1,770 $149,910
Natural Sciences Managers 380 $104,030

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.