2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in Illinois

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for astronomy and astrophysics students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 doctor's degrees in astronomy and astrophysics during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Astronomy & Astrophysics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of astronomy and astrophysics students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for astronomy and astrophysics.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Astronomy & Astrophysics in Illinois

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics.

Most Well Attended Schools for Astronomy Students Working on Their Doctorate

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Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northwestern University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in astronomy and astrophysics in Illinois.

There were roughly 7 astronomy and astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics has to take a look at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in astronomy and astrophysics in Illinois.

There were roughly 2 astronomy and astrophysics individuals who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.

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University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics needs to check out University of Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in astronomy and astrophysics in Illinois.

There were roughly 2 astronomy and astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent data year.

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Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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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.