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Physics at Houston Community College

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

Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 48,329 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.

Houston Community College Physics Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Physics

Houston Community College Physics Rankings

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Physics Student Demographics at Houston Community College

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

Houston Community College Physics Associate’s Program

29% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of physics associate's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physics only graduates about 24% women each year. The program at Houston Community College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

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Houston Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physics graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 TX, the home state for Houston Community College.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers 110,420 $58,190
Natural Sciences Managers 2,620 $127,270
Physics Postsecondary Professors 1,190 $103,980
Physicists 1,000 $118,300

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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