Physics at Columbia College Chicago

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

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,769 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Columbia.

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

Columbia Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Columbia Physics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Columbia 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
	19
	19
Best Physics Schools	70
Best Value Physics Schools	88
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	249
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	333
Most Focused Physics Schools	363

Earnings of Columbia Physics Graduates

The median salary of physics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Columbia is $54,861. This is 43% higher than $38,470, which is the national average for all physics bachelor's degree recipients.

Physics Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Physics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Columbia. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Columbia 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 Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Physicists	810	$114,320
Physics Postsecondary Professors	640	$92,130

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.