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Physics at Mount Holyoke College

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Physics at Mount Holyoke College

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

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,040. Of the 628 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College in 2021, 12 of them were physics majors.

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

Mt. Holyoke Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Mt. Holyoke Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Mt. Holyoke 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 physics major at Mt. Holyoke 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Physics Schools 74
Most Popular Physics Schools 292

Physics Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

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

Mt. Holyoke Physics Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Mt. Holyoke since its program graduates 76% more women than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Mt. Holyoke 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 MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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