2025 Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
4Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
250Astronomy Degrees Awarded
$40,467Avg Early-Career Salary
Astronomy & Astrophysics isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #219 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of astronomy & astrophysics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 250 degrees in astronomy & astrophysics annually.
Your choice of astronomy & astrophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for astronomy & astrophysics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Astronomy & Astrophysics in the Middle Atlantic Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the astronomy degree levels they offer.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in astronomy & astrophysics. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 31 astronomy & astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Cornell University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in astronomy & astrophysics. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 astronomy & astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in astronomy & astrophysics has to check out University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. This university ranks 2nd out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 27 astronomy & astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you want to pursue a degree in astronomy & astrophysics. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the city of New Brunswick. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 10 astronomy & astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of astronomy & astrophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for astronomy & astrophysics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
