2025 Best Astronomy Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
138Astronomical Sciences Degrees Awarded
A degree in astronomy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #479 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for astronomy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 138 degrees in astronomy annually.
The astronomical sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Astronomy rankings. For our Best Overall Astronomy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Astronomy in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the astronomical sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Astronomical Sciences
Columbia University in the City of New York is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in astronomy. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 19 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Cornell University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in astronomy. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 9 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
University of Maryland - College Park is a good decision for students interested in a degree in astronomy. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park. This university ranks 2nd out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 27 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
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).
The astronomical sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Astronomy rankings. For our Best Overall Astronomy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
