2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in Florida

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Florida” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Astronomy & Astrophysics is the 219th most popular major in the country with 1,375 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Florida, there were 74 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,244 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in astronomy and astrophysics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their astronomy and astrophysics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Florida”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in Florida

1

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

#7 overall quality in Florida

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Melbourne, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s astronomy students in 2020-2021.

Full Florida Tech Astronomy & Astrophysics Report

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#1 overall quality in Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Florida list. University of Florida is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 28 doctorate’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

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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.