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Insufficient Data for the Plains States Region

On account of missing data, we were not able to show you the astronomy highest paid graduate ranking. This is typically due to there not being enough schools in the Plains States Region that both offer astronomy and provided enough information for us to do a proper analysis.

Instead, check out at some of our other Astronomy rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Astronomy ranking.

Rankings in Majors Related to Astronomical Sciences

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Astronomical Sciences

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Notes and References

• 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.