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Physics at Vassar College

Physics at Vassar College

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

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 2,435 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.

Vassar Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Vassar Physics Rankings

The physics major at Vassar 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.

Physics Student Demographics at Vassar

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

Vassar Physics Bachelor’s Program

46% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Vassar since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 6
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Physics

Physics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Vassar College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 9

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 Vassar College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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