Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York

Every physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the 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, 18 of them were physics majors.

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
• Master’s Degree in Physics
• Doctorate 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.

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in physics from Columbia. This makes it the #34 most popular school for physics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physics Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Physics Bachelor’s Program

The physics program at Columbia awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 72% of these degrees went to men with the other 28% going to women. 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 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Columbia Physics Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a master's degree in Physics from Columbia in 2020-2021, 69% were men and 31% 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 physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Physical Science
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Materials Sciences
• 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Physics Postsecondary Professors	1,430	$117,370
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.