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Astronomy & Astrophysics at Whitman College

Astronomy & Astrophysics at Whitman College

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and approximately 1,360 students attend the school each year.

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

Whitman Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

Whitman Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

The astronomy major at Whitman is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Astronomy & Astrophysics. 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.

Astronomy Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

70% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of astronomy bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical astronomy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its astronomy bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Astronomy & Astrophysics

If you plan to be a astronomy major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Whitman College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Astrophysics 17
Astronomy 2

Careers That Astronomy Grads May Go Into

A degree in astronomy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Natural Sciences Managers 1,810 $153,600
Physicists 500 $110,710
Physics Postsecondary Professors 440 $84,200
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 370 $95,530

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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