A physics degree will prepare you for a wide variety of careers. Our graduates often pursue graduate studies in physics, engineering or medicine, or they find position in finance, education, and engineering. According to the American Institute of Physics, students with bachelor’s degrees in physic earn one of the highest entry level salaries compared to students with other liberal arts degrees.
Alumni Success
- On average, 40 percent of majors graduate with honors.
- Recent graduates have been admitted to doctorate or master’s programs at prestigious universities such as Princeton, Northwestern, Cornell, and Johns Hopkins (see list below)
- Recent graduates have started careers working in the aerospace industry, as software engineers, in finance, and in medical physics and nuclear physics, to name but a few.
Links to Physics Career Resources
Recent Alumni Employment Destinations
- IBM
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- NASA
- Raytheon
- Goldman Sachs
- Dell
- Filecoin Foundation
Recent Alumni Graduate Schools (Physics Majors and Minors)
| Year | Graduate School Placements (Ph.D. or Master’s programs) |
|---|---|
| Class of 2024 | University of Michigan (physics) Colorado School of Mines (geophysics) Brown University (physics) WPI (mechanical engineering) |
| Class of 2023 | Columbia University (mechanical engineering) Marist College (computer science) Brandeis University (neuroscience) |
| Class of 2022 | UC Santa Cruz (physics and planetary science) Penn State (physics) RPI (computer science) University of Florida (mechanical and aerospace engineering) |
| Class of 2021 | Northeastern University (data analytics) University of Delaware (biomedical engineering) Duke University (medical physics) Notre Dame (data science) Durham University, UK (physics) Columbia University (physics) University of New Haven (computer science) |
| Class of 2020 | Boston University (electrical and computer engineering) WPI (electrical power engineering) UMass Amherst (environmental engineering) Northeastern University (civil engineering) Boston College (physics) |