Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Every physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physics program at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received their master's degree in physics.

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

Georgia Tech Physics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physics
• Doctorate Degree in Physics

Georgia Tech Physics Rankings

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in physics, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Physics Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physics majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Physics Master’s Program

Of the 8 physics students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgia Tech, about 63% were men and 38% were women.

In the physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Chemistry

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Physics Postsecondary Professors	100	$85,300
Physicists	50	$122,040

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 Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.