AIP Statistics

Physics bachelor's grads are earning starting salaries on par with economics and math/stats majors, Class of 2024. See how physics stacks up 🔽 bit.ly/4172vp2 #PhysicsTrends

13% of physics bachelor's earners start at a 2-year college. New @AIP_Stats data shows how departments can help more of them cross the finish line. 🔗 bit.ly/4bosopm

Our Spring 2026 Physics Trends Flyers are now available online! This first one examines physics bachelors starting salaries compared to other majors. Download a copy here: aip.org/statistics/wha…

New report "How to Support Transfer Students in Physics" is now out! This report shares finding from our Attrition and Persistence study, and examines kinds of support that transfer students appreciated during their undergraduate education. Read here: aip.org/statistics/how…

"You seem like you really care. . . . Would you like to join this committee?" That's how most early-career physics leaders got their first volunteer role, per @AIP_Stats research. One sentence. One career changed. 📊 bit.ly/4psoW2R

"We are conducting research to better understand and gathering firsthand accounts of careers impacted by these funding and policy changes — before details fade and institutional memory is lost." — Trevor Owens, AIP CRO Share your story: aipsurveys.aip.org/cgi-bin/career…

📈 Physics PhD trends 1978-2024 Progress made, but gender gaps persist in physics graduate education. Full data: bit.ly/3MtLMIW #PhysicsPhD #STEMData

Which sector surprises you most? Finance? Policy? Startups? Read how physicists made the leap: bit.ly/3YVROVz #WhatCanPhysicistsDo

Think a Physics degree only leads to a life in the lab? Think again! 🧪➡️🚀 Our report on "Physics Master's Initial Employment" shows that graduates are finding high success across the workforce. Read the full report here: bit.ly/4npFUOg

Curious how your physics program compares nationally? 📉 AIP’s new interactive tool benchmarks undergrad program sizes & faculty resources against peer institutions. See where you stand by sector & research intensity. bit.ly/3M27Rhy #Physics #HigherEd

The 2026 AIP Research Agenda is live. 🚀 We’re empowering positive change by tracking the physical sciences' most urgent challenges: 🏛️ Impacts of Federal Policy Shifts 🌍 Global Talent & Visas ⚖️ 50 Years of 'The Double Bind' 🔗 bit.ly/45QxM2s #SciencePolicy

Our interactive resource "Who's Hiring Physics Bachelors?" has been updated with our most recent data. This resource lists employers (by state) who have hired at least one person with a physics bachelors degree in the last 5 years. Check it out here: aip.org/statistics/who…

#Physics grad enrollments grew ~21% in 20 years. ⚛️📈 With international students consistently at ~42% of the cohort (rebounding after 2020), global talent remains the engine of US innovation. Get the full data from @AIP_Stats: bit.ly/4iZTI0l #AIPStats #STEM #HigherEd

Navigating visa policies shouldn't be harder than Quantum Mechanics. ⚛️🌍 Access vital stats on International Grad Students & PhDs in the US. Essential info on student & employment visas in a changing landscape. Get the facts before you apply: bit.ly/4oQWWpd #Physics

- Early-career leaders wanted to volunteer to give back and make a difference in their field - The did so so by piloting new society programming, building society communities, performing society outreach, supporting conference operations, and participating in federal advocacy.

Early-career leaders learned about their first society volunteer opportunity from their colleagues and mentors, society emails, and society conference sessions. - Community and networking were the most important benefits of society membership for early-career society leaders.

New report "Building Up the Next Generation of Scientific Society Leaders" is now available online! Read here: aip.org/statistics/bui…

- Nearly nine out of ten campuses offering physics courses offer an algebra and trigonometry-based course. - Four out of five campuses offer a calculus-based physics course, which is slightly higher than in the 2011–12 academic year.

- Combined, the drop in total enrollment means a larger proportion of TYC physics students are enrolled in calculus-based physics. - Total physics enrollment at TYCs declined between academic years 2011–12 and 2022–23.

New report "Physics Enrollments in Two-Year Colleges" is now available! Read here: aip.org/statistics/phy…