What Should I Major in to Become a Physicist?
These college majors are closest related to this career (actual program names will vary from school to school).
- Acoustics
- Astrophysics
- Atomic/Molecular Physics
- Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Elementary Particle Physics
- Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
- Health/Medical Physics
- Nuclear Physics
- Optics/Optical Sciences
- Physics, General
- Physics, Other
- Plasma and High-Temperature Physics
- Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Required Education
Doctoral Degree usually needed for this career
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- Climate Change Policy Analysts
- Environmental Restoration Planners
- Industrial Ecologists
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
- Hydrologists
- Physical Scientists, All Other
- Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists