Physics at The College of New Jersey

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

TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and approximately 7,783 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The College of New Jersey in 2021, 21 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.

TCNJ Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

TCNJ Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at TCNJ compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at TCNJ 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
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Most Focused Physics Schools	192

Physics Student Demographics at TCNJ

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

TCNJ Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from TCNJ. Of these graduates, 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at TCNJ since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at TCNJ 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 The College of New Jersey with a bachelor's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 The College of New Jersey.

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.