Bachelor's degree · Physical sciences · CIP 40.04
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 71 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, together awarding 824 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $43,028 one year after finishing and $65,608 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $24,125 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 8 of 70; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia · Public | MO | 47 | $39,962 | $65,608 | $19,500 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman · Public | OK | 43 | $45,356 | $72,596 | $27,000 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 39 | $42,299 | $68,321 | $21,284 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 39 | $45,862 | $73,983 | $21,500 |
| Florida State University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 35 | n/a | $52,696 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 32 | $51,331 | $71,772 | $24,000 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 26 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 25 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 20 | n/a | $60,778 | $24,250 |
| University at Albany Albany · Public | NY | 20 | n/a | $63,885 | n/a |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 18 | n/a | n/a | $18,777 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder · Public | CO | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Valparaiso University Valparaiso · Private nonprofit | IN | 17 | n/a | $66,076 | $27,000 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville · Public | PA | 15 | $39,257 | $57,702 | $26,000 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 15 | $43,756 | n/a | n/a |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach · Private nonprofit | FL | 14 | $45,605 | $83,100 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville · Public | NC | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant · Public | MI | 13 | $41,929 | n/a | $30,000 |
| Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud · Public | MN | 13 | n/a | $70,696 | n/a |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte · Public | NC | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of North Dakota Grand Forks · Public | ND | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Northern Illinois University Dekalb · Public | IL | 11 | n/a | $53,691 | n/a |
| Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi · Public | TX | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington · Public | IN | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of South Alabama Mobile · Public | AL | 10 | $38,415 | n/a | n/a |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook · Public | NY | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne · Private nonprofit | FL | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Vermont State University Randolph · Public | VT | 8 | n/a | $57,934 | n/a |
| Ball State University Muncie · Public | IN | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cornell University Ithaca · Private nonprofit | NY | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Plymouth State University Plymouth · Public | NH | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Delaware Newark · Public | DE | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Western Connecticut State University Danbury · Public | CT | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro · Public | NC | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 6 | n/a | $55,348 | n/a |
| State University of New York at Oswego Oswego · Public | NY | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| SUNY Oneonta Oneonta · Public | NY | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe · Public | LA | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell · Public | MA | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| College of Charleston Charleston · Public | SC | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver · Public | CO | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology?
- The College Scorecard lists 71 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology.
- How much do Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $43,028 one year after graduation (10 institutions reporting) and $65,608 five years after graduation (15 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach ($83,100), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ($73,983), University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus ($72,596), Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus ($71,772), and Saint Cloud State University ($70,696).
- How much student debt do Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology graduates have?
- The median institution's Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology graduates leave with $24,125 in federal student loans (10 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of Missouri-Columbia (47), University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus (43), Texas A&M University-College Station (39), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (39), and Florida State University (35).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (CIP code 40.04), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.