Physics at Colgate University

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

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and approximately 3,054 students attend the school each year. Of the 896 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in 2021, 18 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.

Colgate Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Colgate Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Colgate 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 Colgate 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	50
Most Popular Physics Schools	217

Physics Student Demographics at Colgate

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

Colgate Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from Colgate in 2020-2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Colgate since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Chemistry
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Astronomy & Astrophysics

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 NY, the home state for Colgate University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Physics Postsecondary Professors	1,430	$117,370
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460
Physicists	950	$138,920

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.