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2022 Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$16,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor's in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the 466th most popular major in the country with 905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Virginia, there were 6 general atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general atmospheric sciences and meteorology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general atmospheric sciences and meteorology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k. GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s general meteorology degrees to qualified students.

GMU also made our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend GMU is $16,204 for virginia bachelor’s degree general meteorology students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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