Physical Sciences at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

If you are interested in studying physical sciences, you may want to check out the program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

The Colleges is located in Geneva, New York and approximately 1,833 students attend the school each year.

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

The Colleges Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

The Colleges Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at The Colleges is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at The Colleges

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The Colleges Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at The Colleges since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical sciences at The Colleges 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	23
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

The following physical sciences concentations are available at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geological & Earth Sciences	15
Chemistry	7
Physics	4

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Professors	6,440	$112,000
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Chemists	3,360	$85,590

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 Aoliveira414 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.