General Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 11,254.

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

MIT General Physics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

MIT General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at MIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 37 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general physics majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT General Physics Bachelor’s Program

34% Women

52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	21
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors	550	$116,470
Physicists	360	$150,170

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
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