Physics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

What traits are you looking for in a physics school? To help you decide if Hobart and William Smith Colleges is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physics program.

The Colleges is located in Geneva, New York and approximately 1,833 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in physics from The Colleges.

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

The Colleges Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

The Colleges Physics Rankings

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

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 The Colleges 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	212
Most Popular Physics Schools	551

Physics Student Demographics at The Colleges

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

The Colleges Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics from The Colleges. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at The Colleges since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics 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 physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Chemistry
• Geological & Earth Sciences

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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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 Aoliveira414 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.