Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
880 students earn a atmospheric sciences and meteorology credential each year across 75 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $41,515
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $60,598
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Bachelor's programs — 72 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania59$42,5951 year out$60,598$26,0002University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma44$44,2701 year out$55,307$21,9003University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri42$41,4301 year out$56,605$18,6254Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia40$43,4941 year out$61,614$23,5005Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas39$41,5191 year out$60,434$19,1766Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida28$39,9671 year out$63,457$27,1257Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana22—1 year out$67,942$27,0008University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California19—1 year out——9University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington19—1 year out——10University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia17—1 year out——11University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland17—1 year out——12University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin17$36,7901 year out——13University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado16—1 year out——14State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York16—1 year out—$25,00015Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania16—1 year out$57,008$27,00016University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California15—1 year out——17University of KansasLawrence, Kansas15—1 year out——18Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan15—1 year out——19Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey15—1 year out——20University at AlbanyAlbany, New York15—1 year out—$25,87521University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois14$41,0261 year out$77,106$22,31122Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa14—1 year out——23North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina14—1 year out——24Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio13—1 year out——25Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana13—1 year out——26Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois11—1 year out$67,166$26,50027Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, Minnesota11—1 year out——28Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida10$41,5151 year out—$25,50029University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan10—1 year out——30Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire10—1 year out——31University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah10—1 year out——32University of DelawareNewark, Delaware9—1 year out——33Jackson State UniversityJackson, Mississippi9—1 year out——34Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9—1 year out——35University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina9—1 year out——36Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont9—1 year out$52,305—37University of California-DavisDavis, California8—1 year out——38Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana8$36,9201 year out——39Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana8—1 year out——40University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroe, Louisiana8—1 year out——41Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York8—1 year out——42San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California7—1 year out——43Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky7—1 year out——44University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada7—1 year out——45East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina7—1 year out——46Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, Florida6—1 year out——47Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri6—1 year out——48University of North Carolina AshevilleAsheville, North Carolina6—1 year out——49University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota6—1 year out——50Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, Texas6—1 year out——51University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin6—1 year out——52United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado5—1 year out——53University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts5—1 year out——54Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon5—1 year out——55University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama4—1 year out——56Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado4—1 year out——57University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida4—1 year out——58University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska4—1 year out——59South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, South Dakota4—1 year out——60George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia4—1 year out——61Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottPrescott, Arizona3$41,5151 year out—$25,50062Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut3—1 year out——63SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York3—1 year out——64North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina3—1 year out——65University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii2—1 year out——66Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois2—1 year out——67College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina2—1 year out——68University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas2—1 year out——69University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California1—1 year out——70Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio1—1 year out——71Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah1—1 year out——72SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, New York—$34,3611 year out$59,108—
Certificate programs — 4 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania42—1 year out——2University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——3Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona4—1 year out——4Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).