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Physics at Hartnell College

If you are interested in studying physics, you may want to check out the program at Hartnell College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hartnell College is located in Salinas, California and approximately 8,673 students attend the school each year.

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

Hartnell College Physics Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Physics

Hartnell College Physics Rankings

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Physics Student Demographics at Hartnell College

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

Hartnell College Physics Associate’s Program

39% Women
87% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 61% of physics associate's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physics only graduates about 24% women each year. The program at Hartnell College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

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Hartnell College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physics graduates 58% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 CA, the home state for Hartnell College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Physicists 3,200 $115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors 1,190 $138,250

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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