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Physics at Colgate University

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.

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 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.

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

21% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 79% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 7
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 Colgate University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 18

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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