2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in New York

A doctor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #95 out of 295 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.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New York to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of astronomy and astrophysics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 doctor's degrees in astronomy and astrophysics during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Astronomy & Astrophysics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in astronomy matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in New York ranking is to help you make that choice.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of astronomy and astrophysics students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools

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 astronomy and astrophysics.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Astronomy & Astrophysics in New York

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics.

Most Well Attended Schools for Astronomy Students Working on Their Doctorate

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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Cornell University is a popular decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in astronomy and astrophysics in New York.

There were approximately 5 astronomy and astrophysics individuals who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Columbia University in the City of New York if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in astronomy and astrophysics in New York.

There were roughly 3 astronomy and astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics from Columbia University in the City of New York

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Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics has to take a look at Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in astronomy and astrophysics in New York.

There were about 3 astronomy and astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at RIT in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics from Rochester Institute of Technology

Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	4
Maryland	114	5
New Jersey	113	10

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Astronomy & Astrophysics Related Rankings by Major

Astronomy & Astrophysics is one of 8 different types of Physical Sciences programs to choose from.

Astronomy Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Astronomy	8
Astrophysics	3

Majors Similar to Astronomy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	181
Physics	149
Geological & Earth Sciences	57
General Physical Sciences	20
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	11
Materials Sciences	5
Other Physical Science	4

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.