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White, Susan C. – Physics Teacher, 2015
Each year we attempt to contact each person who received a bachelor's degree in physics one year earlier to ask them what they are doing. New degree recipients typically follow one of two paths: enrolling in graduate school or entering the employment market. For the classes of 2011 and 2012 combined, nearly 60% chose to enroll in a graduate…
Descriptors: Physics, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, College Science
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White, Susan; Cottle, Paul – Physics Teacher, 2011
With one glance at the starting salaries of new bachelor's degree recipients in Fig. 1, a teacher or parent can see the career fields to which their high school students interested in the best economic opportunities might aspire: several engineering fields (chemical, electrical, mechanical), computer science, physics, and mathematics.
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Computer Science, Engineering, Economic Opportunities