General Physics at Cuesta College

Every general physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general physics program at Cuesta College stacks up to those at other schools.

Cuesta College is located in San Luis Obispo, California and has a total student population of 10,093.

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

Cuesta College General Physics Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in General Physics

Cuesta College General Physics Rankings

General Physics Student Demographics at Cuesta College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general physics majors at Cuesta College.

Cuesta College General Physics Associate’s Program

20% Women

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of general physics associate's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Cuesta College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general physics graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 CA, the home state for Cuesta College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Physicists	3,200	$115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors	1,190	$138,250

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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