2024 Best Astronomy Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
85Astronomical 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 Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of astronomy. Combined, these schools handed out 85 degrees in astronomy to qualified students.
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. 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.
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 Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Astronomy in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region Schools in Astronomical Sciences
It is hard to beat University of Virginia - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in astronomy. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year.
University of Florida is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in astronomy. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in astronomy. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 9 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Georgia State University if you want to pursue a degree in astronomy. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 7 astronomy students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State 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. 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.
