Physical Sciences at Westmont College

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

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year.

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.

Westmont Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

Westmont Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at Westmont 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 Westmont

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at Westmont College.

Westmont Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% 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 Westmont since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical sciences at Westmont are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Westmont College with a bachelor's in physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

If you plan to be a physical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Westmont College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemistry	14
Physics	3

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Chemists	10,430	$88,570
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.