Physical Sciences at LaGuardia Community College

If you plan to study physical sciences, take a look at what LaGuardia Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 students attend the school each year.

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

LaGuardia Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physical Sciences

LaGuardia Physical Sciences Rankings

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Physical Sciences Student Demographics at LaGuardia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at LaGuardia Community College.

LaGuardia Physical Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of physical sciences associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical sciences only graduates about 43% women each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 24% more women than average.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical sciences graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LaGuardia Community College with a associate's in physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	98
White	27
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from LaGuardia Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physical Sciences	243

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering Technologies
• Communications Technologies & Support
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences 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 LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Professors	6,440	$112,000
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Chemists	3,360	$85,590

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.