<p>Is anyone here a physics major? I’ve heard great things about the department at NYU; can anyone confirm this?</p>
<p>Also, I’ve heard many complaints of graduating with incredible debt, but only from humanities/arts majors, never from a science major. Is it easier to find a job as a science major and not be in debt?</p>
<p>The amount of debt you have when you graduate is not dependent on what your major is – Graduating with a lot of debt is bad for anyone and everyone, full stop. </p>
<p>One’s employability is reliant on many factors – previous experience, particular interests, etc. For example, my primary major was in the humanities (Philosophy) with my second major (Politics) and my minor (Psychology) being in the social sciences, however because of my previous extensive work experience, I would have had no problems obtaining employment from previous internship employers.</p>
<p>NYU has a good physics department, as do many other schools. Within NY state, Stony Brook is one that is better.</p>
<p>Let’s be clear: finding a job after graduating might make a higher debt load possible, but it does not reduce the amount of debt you actually need to take on. “Incredible debt” is bad regardless of your major.</p>
<p>nyu has a really good physics department, if you wanted to do anything high energy or condensed matter - nyu is one of the best. They actually bought out several very well known professors (one of em being paul chakin who was head of physics @ princeton) and other very well known physicists (one of em being david grier) only like 20~ kids graduate per year with a physics major so the community is very tight knit. The professors are all very very friendly and are more than willing to help. Interning at one of their labs is beyond easy. Lots of physics majors go into finance also after graduating (maybe for the $) but if you were thinking about that … that is also an option.</p>