Physical Sciences at Marist College

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

Marist is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 6,600. In 2021, 6 physical sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Marist.

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.

Marist Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

Marist Physical Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physical sciences progam at Marist compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 physical sciences major at Marist 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	974

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at Marist

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at Marist College.

Marist Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Marist since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Marist College with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

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

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

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Marist College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemistry	6

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information 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 Marist College.

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 Bpg00765 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.