Engineering

Engineering Physics

Focusing on the use of physics principles in the analysis and evaluation of engineering problems and other scientific applications. Covers high- and low-temperature phenomena, computational physics, superconductivity, applied thermodynamics, molecular and particle physics applications, and space science research.

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Engineering Physics/Applied Physics: Focusing on the use of physics principles in the analysis and evaluation of engineering problems and other scientific applications. Covers high- and low-temperature phenomena, computational physics, superconductivity, applied thermodynamics, molecular and particle physics applications, and space science research.

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Architectural and Engineering Managers

Median pay: $171,270
Hiring change through 2035: 5.5%
Job openings a year: 14,900

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Natural Sciences Managers

Median pay: $167,220
Hiring change through 2035: 8.2%
Job openings a year: 9,200

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Engineers, All Other

Median pay: $122,930
Hiring change through 2035: 3.7%
Job openings a year: 8,800

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary

Median pay: $109,270
Hiring change through 2035: 7.8%
Job openings a year: 3,900

To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree

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Physicists

Median pay: $172,250
Hiring change through 2035: 7.2%
Job openings a year: 1,300

To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree

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Where to study it

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College	Degrees a year	Earnings, first year out	Admit rate	Average annual cost after aid
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL	96	$48,606	44%	$8,000
Colorado School of Mines CO	53	$43,721	60%	$22,000
Murray State University KY	38	$59,115	86%	$8,000
University of Colorado Boulder CO	29	—	83%	$19,000
University of Wisconsin-Platteville WI	25	$61,446	87%	$12,000
Stephen F Austin State University TX	22	—	88%	$13,000
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI	20	—	18%	$5,000
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH	19	$62,238	51%	$10,000
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL	18	$58,469	66%	$37,000
Tulane University of Louisiana LA	18	—	15%	$20,000
Cornell University NY	18	—	8%	$7,000
Delaware State University DE	14	—	62%	$16,000
Fordham University NY	13	$53,359	56%	$37,000
University of California-Berkeley CA	11	—	12%	$10,000
University of Connecticut CT	9	—	54%	$21,000
University of Maine ME	9	—	96%	$15,000
Columbia University in the City of New York NY	9	—	4%	$6,000
University of Tulsa OK	8	—	58%	$11,000
University of Illinois Chicago IL	7	—	79%	$11,000
University of Kansas KS	7	—	88%	$15,000
Kettering University MI	6	—	79%	$33,000
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH	6	—	87%	$19,000
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK	6	—	77%	$15,000
Carroll University WI	6	—	58%	$14,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI	6	—	43%	$8,000
University of Central Arkansas AR	5	—	90%	$16,000
Loyola Marymount University CA	5	—	40%	$34,000
Tufts University MA	5	—	10%	$15,000
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN	5	—	82%	$12,000
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM	5	—	76%	$10,000
Case Western Reserve University OH	5	—	29%	$21,000
Miami University-Oxford OH	5	—	82%	$24,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ	4	—	90%	$17,000
University of Arizona AZ	4	—	86%	$16,000
Yale University CT	4	—	5%	$18,000
Augustana College IL	4	—	68%	$17,000
Saint Louis University MO	4	—	81%	$22,000
Southeast Missouri State University MO	4	—	79%	$15,000
CUNY New York City College of Technology NY	4	—	81%	$8,000
University of Central Oklahoma OK	4	—	82%	$18,000

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