General Physical Sciences at LaGuardia Community College

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

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 General Physical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

LaGuardia General Physical Sciences Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Physical Science

LaGuardia General Physical Sciences Rankings

Physical Science Student Demographics at LaGuardia

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

LaGuardia General Physical Sciences Associate’s Program

64% Women

74% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of physical science associate's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical science graduates 23% 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 science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	13
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within General Physical Sciences

The following physical science concentations are available at LaGuardia Community College. 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
Physical Science	243

Careers That Physical Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical science 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
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460

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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