Engineering & Applied Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York

Every engineering & applied physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the applied 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.

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

Columbia Engineering & Applied Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Physics
• Master’s Degree in Applied Physics

Columbia Engineering & Applied Physics Rankings

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

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

Applied Physics Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of applied physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its applied 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 applied physics.

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

Columbia Engineering & Applied Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of applied physics master's degrees went to men and 26% went to 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 applied physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Applied Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in applied 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.