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Optics/Optical Sciences at University of Arizona

Optics/Optical Sciences at University of Arizona

If you plan to study optics/optical sciences, take a look at what University of Arizona has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and approximately 45,601 students attend the school each year.

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

University of Arizona Optics/Optical Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Optics/Optical Sciences
  • Master’s Degree in Optics/Optical Sciences

University of Arizona Optics/Optical Sciences Rankings

There were 24 students who received their doctoral degrees in optics/optical sciences, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Optics/Optical Sciences Student Demographics at University of Arizona

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the optics/optical sciences majors at University of Arizona.

University of Arizona Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Program

23% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 77% of optics/optical sciences master's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

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In the optics/optical sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Arizona with a master's in optics/optical sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 28
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Optics/Optical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in optics/optical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AZ, the home state for University of Arizona.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Natural Sciences Managers 1,060 $101,790
Physics Postsecondary Professors 230 $105,480
Physicists 50 $134,390

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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