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Physics at Community College of Allegheny County

If you are interested in studying physics, you may want to check out the program at Community College of Allegheny County. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CCAC is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,217 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.

CCAC Physics Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Physics

CCAC Physics Rankings

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Physics Student Demographics at CCAC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Community College of Allegheny County.

CCAC Physics Associate’s Program

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of physics associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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CCAC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physics graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Community College of Allegheny County with a associate's in physics.

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

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 PA, the home state for Community College of Allegheny County.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
Natural Sciences Managers 4,480 $147,810
Physics Postsecondary Professors 770 $98,870
Physicists 320 $137,060

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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