2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 55 people earned their degree in planetary astronomy and science, making the major the 1082nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 15 planetary astronomy and science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 planetary astronomy and science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in planetary astronomy and science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their planetary astronomy and science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science in the Far Western US Region

1

California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

#7 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. California Institute of Technology is a small school located in Pasadena, California that handed out 3 bachelors’s planetary astronomy and science degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Planetary Astronomy & Science at California Institute of Technology

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a large school located in Berkeley, California that handed out 4 bachelors’s planetary astronomy and science degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of California - Berkeley Planetary Astronomy & Science Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.