2022 Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the 230th most popular major in the country with 1,167 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,050 and had an average of $25,463 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 32 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,300 and $26,375 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality atmospheric sciences and meteorology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the atmospheric sciences and meteorology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The meteorology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree meteorology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s meteorology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410.

Read more about Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at George Mason University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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