Physics at Hamilton College

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

Hamilton is located in Clinton, New York and has a total student population of 1,902. In 2021, 21 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Hamilton.

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

Hamilton Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Hamilton Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Hamilton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Hamilton 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15

Physics Student Demographics at Hamilton

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

Hamilton Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from Hamilton in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Hamilton since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Hamilton 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 Hamilton College with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hamilton also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 NY, the home state for Hamilton College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Physics Postsecondary Professors	1,430	$117,370
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460
Physicists	950	$138,920

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 Lvklock under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.