2025 Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
131General Meteorology Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #477 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 131 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general atmospheric sciences & meteorology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general meteorology degree levels they offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in General Meteorology
Florida State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. Florida State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were about 36 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of Georgia if you want to pursue a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. UGA is a very large public university located in the city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 23 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology has to check out North Carolina State University. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 14 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general atmospheric sciences & meteorology. Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Daytona Beach. This university ranks 7th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 7 general atmospheric sciences & meteorology students who graduated with this degree at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general atmospheric sciences & meteorology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
