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Insufficient Data for Illinois

Sad to say, we did not have enough facts to produce a ranking of the highest paid schools for astronomy in Illinois. This is usually due to there not being enough schools in Illinois that both offer astronomy and provided enough information for us to do a detailed analysis.

Instead, look at at some of our other Astronomy rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Astronomy ranking.

Rankings in Majors Related to Astronomical Sciences

Astronomy is one of 3 different types of Astronomy & Astrophysics programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Astronomical Sciences

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Notes and 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 the rest of our data about colleges.

More about our data sources and methodologies.