General Physics at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

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.

NYU General Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics
• Master’s Degree in General Physics

NYU General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at NYU 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 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at NYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general physics majors at New York University.

NYU General Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% 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 NYU since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NYU General Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in general physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Acoustics

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.