2024 Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Illinois
3Colleges in Illinois
74Astronomy Degrees Awarded
Astronomy & Astrophysics isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #219 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for astronomy & astrophysics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 74 degrees in astronomy & astrophysics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of astronomy & astrophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for astronomy & astrophysics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Astronomy & Astrophysics in Illinois
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the astronomy degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in astronomy & astrophysics. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. This university ranks 2nd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 14 astronomy & astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
University of Chicago is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in astronomy & astrophysics. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 astronomy & astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in astronomy & astrophysics. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 27 astronomy & astrophysics students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
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).