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Physics at Gettysburg College

Physics at Gettysburg College

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

Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,507.

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

Gettysburg Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Gettysburg Physics Rankings

The physics major at Gettysburg 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.

Physics Student Demographics at Gettysburg

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

Gettysburg Physics Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Gettysburg since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Gettysburg College with a bachelor's in physics.

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

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 Gettysburg College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 9

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 PA, the home state for Gettysburg 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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