Physics Careers & Outcomes
MSUM Physics graduates enjoy 100 percent job placement (class of 2015) with average starting salaries of $58,000. Your specific career path depends on your area of interest and chosen emphasis, but our graduates are making an impact in diverse industries including teaching, engineering, business, computer programming, medical physics, astrophysics research and government.
What can I do with a Physics degree?
- Aerospace engineer
- Analyst (financial, medical, research)
- Astronomer
- Astrophysicist
- Computer programmer
- Educator
- Materials engineer
- Medical physicist
- Mechanical engineer
- Optical engineer
- Physicist
- Product engineer
- Quality engineer
- Research physicist
- Software engineer
- Solar energy engineer
Where Alumni Work Graduate School
Related Links
- American Association of Physics Teachers
- American Astronomical Society
- American Institute of Physics
- American Physical Society
- Gordon Research Conferences
- Great Lakes Planetarium Association
- Minnesota Science Teachers Association
- Red River Valley Physics & Astrophysics Undergraduate Research Symposium