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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the 477th most popular major in the country with 840 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 78 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general atmospheric sciences & meteorology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology in the Plains States Region

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. SD Mines is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full SD Mines General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region. UND is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of North Dakota General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general meteorology degrees to 29 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general meteorology degrees to 11 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UNL General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general meteorology degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Saint Louis University

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

University of Kansas ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s general meteorology degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Kansas

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