Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Master’s Degree Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Unfortunately, there were no schools in the Great Lakes Region that made our Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Choosing a Great Astronomy & Astrophysics School for Your Master's Degree

The astronomy master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality astronomy program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on astronomy & astrophysics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other astronomy & astrophysics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for astronomy & astrophysics to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized astronomy & astrophysics related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for astronomy & astrophysics students working on their master's degree.

Insufficient Data for the Great Lakes Region

Regrettably , we don't have enough data to form a ranking of the top quality schools for astronomy & astrophysics in the Great Lakes Region . This is typically due to there not being enough schools in the Great Lakes Region that both offer astronomy & astrophysics and provided enough information for us to do a sufficient analysis.

Instead, take a look at at some of our other Astronomy & Astrophysics rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics ranking.

Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges by State

Explore the best astronomy & astrophysics colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	13
Michigan	211	6
Ohio	207	9
Indiana	191	5
Wisconsin	173	0

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Astronomy & Astrophysics Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Astronomy & Astrophysics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Astronomy Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Astronomy	30
Astrophysics	3
Other Astronomy & Astrophysics	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	588
Physics	294
Geological & Earth Sciences	184
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	44
Materials Sciences	14
General Physical Sciences	9

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.