2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Astrophysics in the Plains States Region

A doctor's degree in astrophysics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #230 out of 815 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the most popular for astrophysics students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 3 doctor's degrees in astrophysics to qualified students.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for astrophysics.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Astrophysics in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in astrophysics.

Most Well Attended Schools for Astrophysical Sciences Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In IA

#1 Best Quality In IA

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in astrophysics has to check out Iowa State University. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in astrophysics in Iowa. More information about a doctorate in astrophysics from Iowa State University

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In MN

#1 Best Quality In MN

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in astrophysics has to look into University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in astrophysics in Minnesota. More information about a doctorate in astrophysics from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Best Astrophysics Colleges by State

Explore the most popular astrophysics colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	198	5
Iowa	184	1

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Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.