Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

If you plan to study physics, take a look at what Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,771.

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

Georgia Tech Physics Degrees Available

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

Georgia Tech Physics Rankings

The physics major at Georgia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physics Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Georgia Tech Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of physics master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Physics

If you plan to be a physics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics	60

Related Majors

• Chemistry

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Physics Postsecondary Professors	100	$85,300
Physicists	50	$122,040

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 Disavian under License

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