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Career Information for Physicists in New York

Fast Facts for Physicists in New York

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Nassau
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Buffalo
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Nassau

Salaries for Physicists in New York

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Nassau. (See table at bottom of page)

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New York Physics Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Adelphi UniversityGarden CityDoctorate8,308
Alfred UniversityAlfredDoctorate2,436
Barnard CollegeNew YorkBachelor2,346
Canisius CollegeBuffaloMasters4,984
Clarkson UniversityPotsdamDoctorate2,949
Colgate UniversityHamiltonMasters2,841
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew YorkDoctorate & First Professional22,655
Cornell UniversityIthacaDoctorate & First Professional19,800
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklynMasters16,087
CUNY City CollegeNew YorkMasters14,392
CUNY College of Staten IslandStaten IslandDoctorate12,517
CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew YorkDoctorate5,468
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew YorkDoctorate20,845
CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklynAssociate14,962
CUNY Lehman CollegeBronxMasters10,922
CUNY Queens CollegeFlushingMasters18,728
Excelsior CollegeAlbanyMasters34,894
Fordham UniversityBronxDoctorate & First Professional14,448
Hamilton CollegeClintonBachelor1,842
Hartwick CollegeOneontaBachelor1,537
Hobart William Smith CollegesGenevaMasters2,009
Hofstra UniversityHempsteadDoctorate12,490
Houghton CollegeHoughtonMasters1,382
Iona CollegeNew RochelleMasters4,323
Ithaca CollegeIthacaDoctorate6,660
Le Moyne CollegeSyracuseMasters3,508
Long Island University-C W Post CampusBrookvilleDoctorate8,361
Manhattan CollegeBronxMasters3,471
New York UniversityNew YorkDoctorate & First Professional41,783
Pace University-New YorkNew YorkDoctorate & First Professional12,912
Polytechnic Institute of New York UniversityBrooklynDoctorate3,317
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroyDoctorate6,566
Roberts Wesleyan CollegeRochesterMasters1,871
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochesterDoctorate14,849
Saint John Fisher CollegeRochesterDoctorate3,793
Siena CollegeLoudonvilleBachelor3,217
Skidmore CollegeSaratoga SpringsMasters2,863
St Lawrence UniversityCantonMasters2,319
St. John's University-New YorkQueensDoctorate20,096
Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookDoctorate & First Professional23,347
SUNY at AlbanyAlbanyDoctorate17,684
SUNY at BinghamtonBinghamtonDoctorate14,435
SUNY at FredoniaFredoniaMasters5,450
SUNY at GeneseoGeneseoMasters5,548
SUNY College at BrockportBrockportMasters8,303
SUNY College at CortlandCortlandMasters7,056
SUNY College at New PaltzNew PaltzMasters7,690
SUNY College at OneontaOneontaMasters5,893
SUNY College at OswegoOswegoMasters8,660
SUNY College at PlattsburghPlattsburghMasters6,259
SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdamMasters4,338
Syracuse UniversitySyracuseDoctorate & First Professional19,084
Union College SchenectadySchenectadyBachelor2,177
United States Military AcademyWest PointBachelor4,487
University at BuffaloBuffaloDoctorate & First Professional28,054
University of RochesterRochesterDoctorate & First Professional9,334
Vassar CollegePoughkeepsieMasters2,451
Wagner CollegeStaten IslandMasters2,294
Wells CollegeAuroraBachelor552
Yeshiva UniversityNew YorkDoctorate & First Professional6,358

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Physicists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for New York. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Physicists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Physicists relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

NEW YORK

   
Nassau530$110,7105
Buffalo40$96,0700.9
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