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Astronomy & Astrophysics at Williams College

Astronomy & Astrophysics at Williams College

If you are interested in studying astronomy & astrophysics, you may want to check out the program at Williams College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and approximately 1,987 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.

Williams Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

Williams Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

The astronomy major at Williams 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 Williams

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

Williams Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

75% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of astronomy bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical astronomy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 32% 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 Williams College with a bachelor's in astronomy.

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

Concentrations Within Astronomy & Astrophysics

The following astronomy concentations are available at Williams College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Williams College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Astrophysics 5

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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Natural Sciences Managers 4,040 $183,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors 550 $116,470
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 420 $137,740
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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