2025 Best Astronomy Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
173Astronomical Sciences Degrees Awarded
Astronomy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #479 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of astronomy. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 173 degrees in astronomy annually.
Your choice of astronomy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Astronomy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Astronomy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Astronomy in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of astronomical sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Astronomical Sciences
It's difficult to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in astronomy. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 40 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a degree in astronomy. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 22 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great option for students interested in a degree in astronomy. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 28 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
Indiana University - Bloomington is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in astronomy. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 19 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington 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 school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Astronomy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
