Physics at Colorado College

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

Colorado College is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 2,050 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 17 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Colorado College.

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

Colorado College Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Colorado College Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how Colorado College performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Colorado College 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	21
Most Focused Physics Schools	22
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133
Most Popular Physics Schools	232

Physics Student Demographics at Colorado College

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

Colorado College Physics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Colorado College. About 35% of these graduates were women and the other 65% were men. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Colorado College since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Colorado College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Colorado College 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

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 CO, the home state for Colorado College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
High School Teachers	16,950	$55,110
Natural Sciences Managers	1,230	$141,750
Physicists	930	$106,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors	320	$91,120

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.