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

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 Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 bachelor's degrees in astronomy & astrophysics during the 2021-2022 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 schools for astronomy & astrophysics students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Astronomy

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

17 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in astronomy & astrophysics needs to take a look at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.More information about a bachelor’s in astronomy & astrophysics from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

22 Annual Graduates

$33,373 Median Starting Salary

Michigan State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in astronomy & astrophysics. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the astronomy program earn around $33,373 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in astronomy & astrophysics from Michigan State University

Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	252	52
Illinois	241	47
Indiana	235	17
Wisconsin	213	26

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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	25
Astrophysics	22

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	364
Physics	207
Geological & Earth Sciences	182
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	29
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.