Physicists Career

Vocational Programs for Physicists Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
18K	$76.09	$158,270

The role of Physicists is to conduct research into physical phenomena, develop theories on the basis of observation and experiments, and devise methods to apply physical laws and theories. The average annual wage of the occupations is $158,270 and $76 per hour. 5 vocational programs could be taken for the Physicists career. Based on BLS data, a total of 18,350 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Physicists Career

The following 5 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Physicists.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Physicists
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Astrophysics	1	-	-	-	-
Physics	10	-	-	-	-
Acoustics	1	-	-	-	-
Physics (other)	1	-	-	-	-
Health/Medical Physics	1	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Physicists

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Health/Medical Physics

Schools offering voational programs for Physicists

The following 14 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Physicists. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.