{"id":1352,"date":"2021-02-10T22:48:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T03:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlhamcollege.wpengine.com\/?page_id=1352"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:00:20","slug":"physics-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/academics\/majors-minors-programs\/physics-astronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics and Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The study of physics not only contributes to your understanding of the physical environment\u2014it also develops your abilities to reason analytically and to test hypotheses. Physics and astronomy majors pursue careers in education, engineering or other technical disciplines, and other industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlham also offers a 3-2 pre-professional program in engineering<\/a>, in which you’ll take foundational science and distribution courses at Earlham for three years, then spend an additional two years earning an engineering degree at an accredited engineering school. This allows you to emphasize the liberal arts in your education while still obtaining the technical aspects of an engineering degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earlham ranks 64th nationally (in the 95th percentile) in the percentage of graduates receiving Ph.D.s in physics. Recent graduates have been admitted to graduate programs in plasma and particle physics, robotics and biophysics at institutions such as University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland, to name a few.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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