A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, mechanics, wave properties, nuclear processes, relativity and quantum theory, quantitative methods, and laboratory methods.
| A major in Physics, General is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 23
Massachusetts
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Physics, General among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA | 88
(7.2%) |  |  | |
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| | Bard College at Simon's Rock
Great Barrington, MA | 2
(4.3%) | | | |
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| | Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA | 19
(2.8%) |  | | |
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| | Amherst College
Amherst, MA | 10
(2.2%) | | | |
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| | Brandeis University
Waltham, MA | 16
(1.9%) |  | | |
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| | Harvard University
Cambridge, MA | 28
(1.6%) | |  | |
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| | Wheaton College
Norton, MA | 4
(1.1%) | | | |
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| | Tufts University
Medford, MA | 12
(0.9%) | | | |
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| | College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA | 5
(0.7%) | | | |
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| | Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA | 4
(0.7%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.