Physics at Rio Hondo College

What traits are you looking for in a physics school? To help you decide if Rio Hondo College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physics program.

RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and approximately 15,692 students attend the school each year.

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

RHCCD Physics Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Physics

RHCCD Physics Rankings

Physics Student Demographics at RHCCD

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

RHCCD Physics Associate’s Program

13% Women

93% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of physics associate's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

RHCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physics graduates 64% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 Rio Hondo College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics	19

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 CA, the home state for Rio Hondo 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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