Engineering & Applied Physics at Cornell University

If you are interested in studying engineering & applied physics, you may want to check out the program at Cornell University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year.

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.

Cornell Engineering & Applied Physics Degrees Available

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

Cornell Engineering & Applied Physics Rankings

The applied physics major at Cornell 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 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in applied physics, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Applied Physics Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the applied physics majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of applied physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical applied physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in applied physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Cornell 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 Cornell University with a master's in applied physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Cornell University.

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.