Best Astronomy Doctor’s Degree Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Unfortunately, there were no schools in the Far Western US Region that made our Best Astronomy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to astronomy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other astronomy students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized astronomy related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for astronomy students working on their doctor's degree.

Insufficient Data for the Far Western US Region

Due to lacking data, we were not able to provide you with the astronomy quality ranking. This is typically due to there not being enough schools in the Far Western US Region that both offer astronomy and provided enough information for us to do a sufficient analysis.

As an alternative, take a look at at some of our other Astronomy rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Astronomy ranking.

Best Astronomy Colleges by State

Explore the best astronomy colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

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Rankings in Majors Related to Astronomical Sciences

Astronomy is one of 3 different types of Astronomy & Astrophysics programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Astronomical Sciences

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.