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Physics at Hamilton College

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.

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 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.

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

24% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 76% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

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About 86% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 18
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Physics

Physics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hamilton College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 21

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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