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Physics at Hofstra University

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

Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and has a total student population of 10,444. In 2021, 4 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Hofstra.

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

Hofstra Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Hofstra Physics Rankings

The physics major at Hofstra 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 Hofstra

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

Hofstra Physics Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The physics program at Hofstra awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Hofstra since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hofstra University with a bachelor's in physics.

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

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

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 Hofstra University.

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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