by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,375 people earned their degree in astronomy and astrophysics, making the major the 219th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, astronomy and astrophysics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,221 and had an average of $24,484 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 85 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,212 and $22,422 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in astronomy and astrophysics.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Idaho College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This small school is located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and it awarded 0 associates’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.
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