Physics at Harvey Mudd College

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

Harvey Mudd College is located in Claremont, California and has a total student population of 854. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvey Mudd College.

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

Harvey Mudd College Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Harvey Mudd College Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how Harvey Mudd College performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Harvey Mudd College 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	2
Most Focused Physics Schools	3
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212
Most Popular Physics Schools	310

Physics Student Demographics at Harvey Mudd College

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

Harvey Mudd College Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Harvey Mudd College. Of these graduates, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Harvey Mudd College since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Harvey Mudd College 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 Harvey Mudd College with a bachelor's in physics.

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

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

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 CA, the home state for Harvey Mudd 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Imagine under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.