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General Physics at University of Massachusetts - Boston

General Physics at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,259.

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

UMass Boston General Physics Degrees Available

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

UMass Boston General Physics Rankings

The general physics major at UMass Boston is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in general physics, making the school the #143 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Physics Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston General Physics Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical general physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UMass Boston since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in general physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UMass Boston General Physics Master’s Program

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general physics master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers 26,420 $80,020
Natural Sciences Managers 4,040 $183,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors 550 $116,470
Physicists 360 $150,170

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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