2025 Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Astronomy & Astrophysics isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #168 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 91 bachelor's degrees in astronomy & astrophysics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on astronomy & astrophysics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of astronomy & astrophysics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt astronomy & astrophysics students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized astronomy & astrophysics related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for astronomy & astrophysics students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools

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 & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Astronomy & Astrophysics in Massachusetts

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in astronomy & astrophysics.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Astronomy

1

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

21 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in astronomy & astrophysics. Located in the city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in astronomy & astrophysics from University of Massachusetts Amherst

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

17 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in astronomy & astrophysics needs to take a look at Boston University. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a bachelor’s in astronomy & astrophysics from Boston University

Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	183	8
New Hampshire	157	1
Rhode Island	157	0
Maine	156	0
Vermont	155	1

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Astronomy & Astrophysics Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Astronomy & Astrophysics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Astronomy Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Astronomy	55
Astrophysics	17
Other Astronomy & Astrophysics	10
Planetary Astronomy & Science	9

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	518
Physics	459
Geological & Earth Sciences	86
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	5
General Physical Sciences	3
Other Physical Science	1

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.