Physics at Princeton University

If you are interested in studying physics, you may want to check out the program at Princeton University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and has a total student population of 7,853.

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

Princeton Physics Degrees Available

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

Princeton Physics Rankings

The physics major at Princeton 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.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physics Student Demographics at Princeton

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

Princeton Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Princeton since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Princeton University with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Princeton Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of physics master's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Physics

Physics 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 Princeton University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics	61

Related Majors

• Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Chemistry

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 NJ, the home state for Princeton University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Physics Postsecondary Professors	460	$113,400
Physicists	370	$134,280

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 Quantockgoblin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.