Overview

The Physics program at Colby College prepares students for careers or advanced training in science, teaching, business, medical professions, and engineering.

Physics students at Colby acquire skills in mathematical calculation, experimental measurement and instrumentation, theoretical and numerical modeling, scientific writing, and oral presentation. These abilities serve them well in whatever careers they go on to choose.

The physics curriculum at Colby begins with a sequence of foundational courses in classical and modern physics. It is followed by an array of upper-level core and elective courses that students are free to choose from. In their senior year, all Colby physics majors are required to do a project or honors thesis under the supervision of a faculty member and to give a talk on it to the department. Students interested in graduate study are encouraged to do the Honors Program in Physics, which also involves writing an honors thesis on their research work.

Life after Colby

In recent years, graduates from Colby College with a major in physics have gone on to graduate programs in physics, astronomy, or related fields at universities such as Yale, Dartmouth, MIT, UConn, UMass, Florida, Washington, Hawaii, Colorado, Colorado State, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Illinois, Cornell, Michigan, Wisconsin, and others.

Former Colby physics majors are now working in a variety of careers, including education and research in physics, astronomy or other scientific disciplines, engineering, business and industry, information technologies, medical professions, consulting, banking and finance, and a variety of other occupations.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Space ... The Final Frontier

Mechanics

Electromagnetism and Optics

Astrophysics

Modern Physics

Electronic Measurement in the Sciences

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-03 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

128 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Waterville, United States

Disciplines

Physics View 1439 other Bachelors in Physics in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Completed Application for Admission

Academic Records: We require your high school transcript, a completed secondary school report from a school official, one counselor recommendation, and two teacher recommendations

Language Proficiency Exam Results

Completed Financial Aid Application (required for financial aid applicants only)

Standardized test score results

Colby is a test optional institution. Students may choose whether or not to submit standardized test scores with their application for admission. Self-reported SAT, ACT, and Subject Test scores are permitted

We superscore all exams, including the ACT, and will accept and include the individual section retest results as part of the superscore

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

72910 USD / year

≈ 72910 USD / year
Out-of-State

72910 USD / year

≈ 72910 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

72910 USD / year

≈ 72910 USD / year

Living costs

Waterville

United States

1106 - 1716 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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