The main focus area for this major is Physical Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Physical Sciences is a major offered under the physical sciences program of study at American River College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in physical science, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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American River does not offer an online option for its physical science associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the American River Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in physical science in 2019-2020, 35.2% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 45.6%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in physical science at American River in 2019-2020, 46.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 53%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 24 |
Black or African American | 8 |
Hispanic or Latino | 27 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 79 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 19 |
General Physical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Physical Science | 159 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general physical sciences.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Physics | 16 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.