The main focus area for this major is Astronomy. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Astronomy & Astrophysics is a major offered under the physical sciences program of study at San Diego State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in astronomy, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at SDSU was ranked #45 on College Factual's Best Schools for astronomy list. It is also ranked #5 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for SDSU.
The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $1,978 | $1,978 |
Books and Supplies | $1,079 | $1,079 |
On Campus Room and Board | $18,531 | $18,531 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,910 | $2,910 |
Learn more about SDSU tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the SDSU astronomy bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SDSU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 33.3% of the astronomy students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 39.6%.
Of those students who received a bachelor’s degree in astronomy at SDSU in 2019-2020, all were racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 0 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Astronomy | 3 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to astronomy and astrophysics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Chemistry | 101 |
Geological & Earth Sciences | 28 |
Physics | 8 |
*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.