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Physics at Williams College

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

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and approximately 1,987 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 19 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Williams.

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

Williams Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Williams Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physics progam at Williams compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Williams 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Physics Schools 8
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools 30
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100
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools 108
Best Value Physics Schools 191
Most Popular Physics Schools 198

Physics Student Demographics at Williams

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

Williams Physics Bachelor’s Program

26% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 74% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Williams are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Williams College with a bachelor's in physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 11
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Williams also has a doctoral program available in physics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

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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