Physics at Colby College

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and has a total student population of 2,155. Of the 711 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colby College in 2021, 25 of them were physics majors.

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

Colby Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Colby Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Colby compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Colby 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Focused Physics Schools	17
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Popular Physics Schools	136

Physics Student Demographics at Colby

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Colby College.

Colby Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Colby. Of these graduates, 68% were men and 32% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Colby are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Colby also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
High School Teachers	5,790	$54,240
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$135,840
Physics Postsecondary Professors	70	$84,400
Physicists	40	$121,650

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 Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.