CIP Family 40
Physical Sciences
Instructional programs that focus on the scientific study of inanimate objects, processes of matter and energy, and associated phenomena.
45 majors
1,522 colleges offering programs
47,290 annual completions
All Majors in Physical Sciences
45 majorsChemistry, General
40.0501 1,371 colleges
18,545 completions/yr
Physics, General
40.0801 946 colleges
12,091 completions/yr
Geology/Earth Science, General
40.0601 553 colleges
5,793 completions/yr
Physical Sciences, General
40.0101 209 colleges
2,672 completions/yr
Astronomy
40.0201 115 colleges
892 completions/yr
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
40.0699 114 colleges
864 completions/yr
Chemistry, Other
40.0599 87 colleges
540 completions/yr
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
40.0401 78 colleges
1,024 completions/yr
Physics, Other
40.0899 75 colleges
482 completions/yr
Materials Science
40.1001 60 colleges
638 completions/yr
Astrophysics
40.0202 59 colleges
485 completions/yr
Physical Sciences, Other
40.9999 49 colleges
422 completions/yr
Hydrology and Water Resources Science
40.0605 48 colleges
234 completions/yr
Geophysics and Seismology
40.0603 45 colleges
203 completions/yr
Forensic Chemistry
40.0510 44 colleges
367 completions/yr
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
40.0607 44 colleges
598 completions/yr
Meteorology
40.0404 42 colleges
284 completions/yr
Chemical Physics
40.0508 27 colleges
41 completions/yr
Environmental Chemistry
40.0509 22 colleges
20 completions/yr
Optics/Optical Sciences
40.0807 21 colleges
270 completions/yr
Geochemistry
40.0602 16 colleges
33 completions/yr
Planetary Astronomy and Science
40.0203 16 colleges
90 completions/yr
Analytical Chemistry
40.0502 14 colleges
38 completions/yr
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other
40.0299 14 colleges
129 completions/yr
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
40.0810 12 colleges
37 completions/yr
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Other
40.0499 11 colleges
74 completions/yr
Polymer Chemistry
40.0507 11 colleges
83 completions/yr
Acoustics
40.0809 7 colleges
175 completions/yr
Materials Sciences, Other
40.1099 7 colleges
14 completions/yr
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology
40.0402 6 colleges
18 completions/yr
Atomic/Molecular Physics
40.0802 6 colleges
6 completions/yr
Materials Chemistry
40.1002 6 colleges
24 completions/yr
Paleontology
40.0604 5 colleges
25 completions/yr
Physics and Astronomy
40.1101 5 colleges
39 completions/yr
Organic Chemistry
40.0504 4 colleges
8 completions/yr
Physical Chemistry
40.0506 4 colleges
8 completions/yr
Elementary Particle Physics
40.0804 3 colleges
6 completions/yr
Theoretical Chemistry
40.0511 3 colleges
6 completions/yr
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
40.0808 2 colleges
8 completions/yr
Nuclear Physics
40.0806 2 colleges
3 completions/yr
Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics
40.0403 1 colleges
1 completions/yr
Cheminformatics/Chemistry Informatics
40.0512 1 colleges
Inorganic Chemistry
40.0503 1 colleges
Geochemistry and Petrology
40.0606 No completions data
Plasma and High-Temperature Physics
40.0805 No completions data