Physics at Ithaca College

Every physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physics program at Ithaca College stacks up to those at other schools.

Ithaca is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 5,354. In 2021, 9 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Ithaca.

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

Ithaca Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Ithaca Physics Rankings

The physics major at Ithaca 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 Ithaca

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

Ithaca Physics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in physics from Ithaca in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Ithaca since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Ithaca College with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ithaca 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 NY, the home state for Ithaca College.

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 Mr Senseless under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.