CAREERS & PHYSICS MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, study abroad opportunities, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in Physics have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent Physics Majors*

• Engineering Associate - Strategy.com, Washington, DC
• Business Analyst - McKinsey & Co., Boston, MA
• Teacher - Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset, NJ
• Applied Researcher - U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC
• Analyst - Bear Stearns, New York, NY
• Research Assistant - MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
• Trader - Citadel Investment Group, Chicago, IL
• Investment Banking Analyst - JP Morgan, New York, NY
• Fellow - Information Technology Resource Center (Project 55), Chicago, IL
• Teaching Master - Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury, MA

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Careers in Science
• Engineering, Science, & Computer Jobs
• Alternative Careers in Science
• Developing Your Career as a Scientist in Academe
• Environmental Jobs for Scientists & Engineering
• Advice to Rocket Scientists: A Career Survival Guide for Scientists and Engineers
• 101 Careers in Mathematics
• JobBank Guide to Computer & High Tech Companies
• Biotechnology Careers
• Jobs You Can Live With: Working at Crossroads of Science, Technology, and Society

Resources and Information Online

• American Physical Society Careers
  http://www.aps.org/jobs/index.html
  
  
• Careers for Physicists
  http://www.aip.org/careersvc/
  
  
• Careers in Science and Engineering - A Student Planning Guide
  http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/careers/contents.html
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Physicists and Astronomers
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos052.htm
  
  
• Sloan Career Cornerstone Center - Physics
  http://www.careercornerstone.org/physics/physics.htm
  
  
• Careers with Physics
  http://careers.iop.org/
  
  
• Princeton Physics Department
  http://pupgg.princeton.edu/

Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

• American Institute of Physics
  http://www.aip.org
  
  
• Institute of Physics
  http://www.iop.org
  
  
• Acoustical Society of America
  http://asa.aip.org
  
  
• American Physical Society
  http://www.aps.org
  
  
• American Association of Physics Teachers
  http://www.aapt.org

Physics Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for Physics alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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