by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in physics education, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of physics education, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Bilingual and Multilingual Education | 2 | 932 |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching | 2 | 2,976 |
| Montessori Teacher Education | 2 | 264 |
| Online Educator/Online Teaching | 2 | 115 |
| Physics, General | 2 | 11,944 |
| Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods | 2 | 399 |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | 2 | 10,594 |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 2 | 8,732 |
| Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education | 2 | — |
| Acoustics | 1 | 175 |
A specialization within Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, physics education shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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