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Most Popular Schools for General Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Major & Degree Program

A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of the atmospheric envelopes surrounding the earth, the effect of earth's atmosphere on terrestrial weather, and related problems of environment and climate. Includes instruction in atmospheric chemistry and physics, atmospheric dynamics, climatology and climate change, weather simulation, weather forecasting, climate modeling and mathematical theory; and studies of specific phenomena such as clouds, weather systems, storms, and precipitation patterns.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 45 0% $36,652
2 University of Missouri-Columbia 33 0% $26,766
3 Texas A & M University-College Station 28 0% $29,506
4 University of Washington-Seattle Campus 27 0% $27,638
5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 27 0% $30,102
6 University of North Dakota 27 1% $22,091
7 University of Wisconsin-Madison 25 0% $26,025
8 Valparaiso University 25 3% $54,940
9 Florida State University 24 0% $22,168
10 SUNY Maritime College 24 5% $25,905
11 University of Maryland-College Park 24 0% $27,146
12 SUNY at Albany 22 0% $26,734
13 Ohio State University-Main Campus 21 0% $27,367
14 University of Utah 21 0% $24,472
15 Millersville University of Pennsylvania 20 1% $30,538
16 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 19 0% $30,298
17 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus 19 0% $15,828
18 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 19 0% $23,977
19 SUNY College at Oswego 18 1% $24,780
20 Naval Postgraduate School 16 1% N/A
21 Plymouth State University 15 1% $28,950
22 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach 15 1% $53,250
23 Colorado State University-Fort Collins 15 0% $26,231
24 University of Hawaii at Manoa 13 0% $29,858
25 Northern Illinois University 13 0% $29,117
26 Cornell University 12 0% $73,904
27 University of Alabama in Huntsville 11 1% $26,650
28 University of California-Davis 11 0% $35,177
29 University of North Carolina at Asheville 11 1% $20,189
30 University of Nevada-Reno 11 0% $25,039
31 University of Kansas 11 0% $26,566
32 University of Colorado Boulder 10 0% $31,044
33 Saint Louis University 9 0% $61,018
34 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott 9 2% $53,046
35 Ball State University 8 0% $24,550
36 Stony Brook University 8 0% $26,091
37 Purdue University-Main Campus 8 0% $22,822
38 Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management 7 2% N/A
39 San Jose State University 7 0% $29,193
40 SUNY Oneonta 6 0% $25,028
41 George Mason University 6 0% $30,284
42 United States Air Force Academy 6 1% N/A
43 University of Wyoming 5 0% $19,960
44 University of California-Berkeley 5 0% $38,066
45 Princeton University 4 0% $70,900
46 Texas Tech University 4 0% $24,472
47 University of Delaware 4 0% $29,342
48 Jackson State University 4 0% $24,029
49 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4 0% $24,936
50 University of Miami 4 0% $68,460
51 SUNY College at Brockport 3 0% $24,608
52 Metropolitan State University of Denver 3 0% $9,066
53 University of California-Los Angeles 3 0% $34,620
54 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 3 1% $25,020
55 Western Connecticut State University 3 0% $27,481
56 University of Louisiana at Monroe 2 0% $21,762
57 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2 0% $24,486
58 College of DuPage 2 0% $5,464
59 University of Houston 2 0% $23,225
60 University of Louisville 2 0% $27,980
61 Howard University 1 0% $44,651
62 University of Arizona 1 0% $29,217
63 University of Georgia 1 0% $26,688

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.