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Physics at Columbia College Chicago

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.

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 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.

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

33% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

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About 57% 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. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 17
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Physics

The following physics concentations are available at Columbia College Chicago. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Columbia College Chicago. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Acoustics 7

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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