Physics at SUNY Oswego

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

SUNY Oswego is located in Oswego, New York and has a total student population of 7,636. Of the 1,702 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego in 2021, 7 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.

SUNY Oswego Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

SUNY Oswego Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Oswego performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at SUNY Oswego 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
Best Value Physics Schools	105
	147
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	348
Most Focused Physics Schools	486

Physics Student Demographics at SUNY Oswego

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

SUNY Oswego Physics Bachelor’s Program

The physics program at SUNY Oswego awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 86% of these degrees went to men with the other 14% going to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at SUNY Oswego are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

SUNY Oswego also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Oswego.

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 Lordvaluemart under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.