Engineering Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York

Every engineering physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering physics program at Columbia University in the City of New York stacks up to those at other schools.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135. Of the 2,654 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2021, 13 of them were engineering physics majors.

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

Columbia Engineering Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Physics
• Master’s Degree in Engineering Physics
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering Physics

Columbia Engineering Physics Rankings

The engineering physics major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering 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.

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in engineering physics from Columbia. This makes it the #2 most popular school for engineering physics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering physics, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Physics Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering physics majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics from Columbia in 2020-2021, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical engineering physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in engineering physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Columbia Engineering Physics Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering Physics from Columbia in 2020-2021, 82% were men and 18% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in engineering physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in engineering physics. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Careers That Engineering Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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 Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineers	4,910	$95,270
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
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 Nandaro under License

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