2025 Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
136General Meteorology Degrees Awarded
General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #477 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. Combined, these schools handed out 136 degrees in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology School
The general meteorology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of general meteorology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in General Meteorology
It's hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you want to pursue a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 13 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 24 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology needs to take a look at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 28 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 17 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 17 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
Valpo is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small suburb of Valparaiso. This university ranks 21st out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 11 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at Valpo in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 7 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at NIU in the most recent data year.
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).
The general meteorology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
