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2022 Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
79 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the 466th most popular major in the country with 905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 124 general atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 general atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general atmospheric sciences and meteorology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general atmospheric sciences and meteorology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general atmospheric sciences and meteorology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree general meteorology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 5 bachelors’s general meteorology degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also made our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Cornell University is $7,484 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree General Meteorology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Cornell General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general meteorology degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMCP is $8,054 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree general meteorology students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maryland - College Park General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

#3

University at Albany

Albany, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Albany. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University at Albany is a fairly large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 24 bachelors’s general meteorology degrees in 2019-2020.

UAlbany also made our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University at Albany is $13,123 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree General Meteorology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University at Albany

#4

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general meteorology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Delaware is $11,487 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree General Meteorology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Delaware

#5

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stony Brook University landed the #5 spot on the list. Stony Brook University is a public institution located in Stony Brook, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree general meteorology students whose families make $0-$30k list, SUNY Stony Brook has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $10,683 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree general meteorology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SUNY Stony Brook.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Stony Brook University

#6

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Millersville, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Millersville University of Pennsylvania ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Millersville, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general meteorology students in 2019-2020.

Millersville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Millersville is $16,878 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree general meteorology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Millersville General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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