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Physics at Occidental College

Physics at Occidental College

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

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 1,839.

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

Oxy Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Oxy Physics Rankings

The physics major at Oxy 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 Oxy

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

Oxy Physics Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Oxy since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

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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 Occidental College with a bachelor's in physics.

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

Concentrations Within Physics

The following physics concentations are available at Occidental College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Occidental College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 8

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 CA, the home state for Occidental College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Physicists 3,200 $115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors 1,190 $138,250

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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