Physical Sciences at United States Coast Guard Academy

If you are interested in studying physical sciences, you may want to check out the program at United States Coast Guard Academy. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USCGA is located in New London, Connecticut and has a total student population of 1,056.

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

USCGA Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

USCGA Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at USCGA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at USCGA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at United States Coast Guard Academy.

USCGA Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at USCGA since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical sciences at USCGA are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from United States Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

The following physical sciences concentations are available at United States Coast Guard Academy. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from United States Coast Guard Academy. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geological & Earth Sciences	27

Related Majors

• Engineering

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for United States Coast Guard Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Chemists	1,400	$92,850
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	800	$83,220
Natural Sciences Managers	650	$179,200

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 USCG Public Affairs photograph of United States Coast Guard under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.