Meteorology isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #715 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
There was only one school in Virginia to review for the 2025 Best Meteorology Schools in Virginia ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Meteorology Schools in Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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 meteorological science degrees they offer, see the list below.
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).