Career Education and Professional Development
Looking for more information on how to take the next step? Our Career Center is there to help.
Warning: Undefined variable $page_cta in /var/www/vhosts/dev.fastspot.com/httpdocs/clients/siena/templates/basic/content.php on line 10
ENTER THE WORKFORCE
A physics bachelor's degree prepares students for a broad range of technical careers. Our graduates have many options after graduation. About a 1/3 pursue graduate work in physics, engineering, astronomy, and business. A few become high school teachers, and the rest find employment in the technical workforce.
- Siena physics graduates now work at many technical companies, including:
- GE Global Research
- General Dynamics
- Global Foundries
- High Schools
- Lapis Sphere Tech
- Lockheed Martin
- NASA
- Naval Nuclear Lab
- NYSERDA
- Pratt & Whitney
- Regeneron
- The Climate Corporation
- Walt Disney World
- X-ray Optical Systems
- U.S. Military
Continue Your Education
Our students pursue graduate school in astronomy, physics and engineering. Some of our recent graduates are now attending:
- Boston University
- SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
- Dartmouth College
- Duke
- MIT
- RPI
- University of Washington
- University of Maryland
- University of Connecticut
What can you do with a master's or PhD?
Want more information on graduate schools?
Become a Teacher
Students interested in teaching should pursue the education track within the physics majors. Students completing this track graduate with an initial New York State Certification to teach physics and physical science in grades 7 through 12.
Health-Related Careers
Did you know that physics majors as a group perform extremely well on entrance exams for medical school and law school? A number of our recent graduates are pursuing medical-related careers such as medical physics, medicine and optometry.
