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General Physics at Dickinson College

General Physics at Dickinson College

What traits are you looking for in a general physics school? To help you decide if Dickinson College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general physics program.

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,932.

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.

Dickinson General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

Dickinson General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at Dickinson is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Physics Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson General Physics Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Dickinson since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general physics at Dickinson are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

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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