2025 Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
3Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
87General Meteorology Degrees Awarded
A degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #477 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 degrees in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology annually.
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. For our Best Overall General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology in the Rocky Mountains Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general meteorology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in General Meteorology
It's hard to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were approximately 26 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology needs to look into Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 26 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year.
University of Utah is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 10 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available.
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. For our Best Overall General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
