{"id":852,"date":"2022-06-01T20:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/?page_id=852"},"modified":"2023-05-19T17:30:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T17:30:32","slug":"physics-careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/physics-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A BS in Physics is not only a gateway to a high paying career as a Physicists (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/highest-paying.htm\">the 19th highest paying occupation according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>), but it is also excellent preparation for a career in a wide range of other high paying occupations including 14 of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 20 highest paying occupations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some fields where a B.S. in Physics is excellent preparation include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/physics\/degrees-programs\/astronomy\/\">Astronomy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/physics\/degrees-programs\/medicine\/\">Medicine<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/physics\/degrees-programs\/medical-physics\/\">Medical Physics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/physics\/degrees-programs\/pre-law\/\">Law<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/physics\/degrees-programs\/dentistry\/\">Dentistry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/physics\/degrees-programs\/optometry\/\">Optometry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/physics\/degrees-programs\/pharmacy\/\">Pharmacy<\/a><\/li><li>Nuclear Engineering<\/li><li>Bioengineering<\/li><li>Financial Analyst (Quant)<\/li><li>Software Analyst<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/physics\/degrees-programs\/teaching\/\">Teaching<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#eaebec\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more about potential career opportunities for physics graduates &amp; hear stories of actual graduates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2022\/06\/MedicalPhysCareers.pdf\">Medical Physics Career Slideshow\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li>Physics Career Slideshow<\/li><li>Industrial &amp; Medical Applications of Accelerators &#8211; Robert Hamm CEO &amp; President,RM Technical Enterprises Inc.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BS in Physics is not only a gateway to a high paying career as a Physicists (the 19th highest paying occupation according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics), &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-852","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/author\/","display_name":""},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on June 1, 2022","modified":"Updated on May 19, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on June 1, 2022 8:03 pm","modified":"Updated on May 19, 2023 5:30 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/chgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}