2024 Best Astronomy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a doctor's degree in astronomy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #181 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of astronomy. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4 doctor's degrees in astronomy during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Astronomy School for Your Doctor's Degree

The astronomical sciences doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality astronomical sciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on astronomy students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of astronomy students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized astronomy related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for astronomy students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Astronomy Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Astronomy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Astronomy in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in astronomy.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Astronomical Sciences

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in astronomy has to take a look at University of Virginia - Main Campus. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in astronomy from University of Virginia - Main Campus

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

University of Florida is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in astronomy. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in astronomy from University of Florida

3

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in astronomy needs to take a look at Georgia State University. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in astronomy from Georgia State University

Best Astronomy Colleges by State

Explore the best astronomy schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	0
Georgia	190	0
Virginia	182	4

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Astronomy Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Astronomy & Astrophysics area of study, Astronomy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Astronomical Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Planetary Astronomy & Science	3
Astrophysics	2
Other Astronomy & Astrophysics	1

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.