2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Southwest Region

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General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the 477th most popular major in the country with 804 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 69 general atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 general atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general atmospheric sciences and meteorology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general atmospheric sciences and meteorology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree general meteorology students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology in the Southwest Region

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#7 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s general meteorology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Texas A&M College Station

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general meteorology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Arizona

3

University of Houston
Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Meteorology Major in the Southwest Region. UH is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 1 doctorate’s general meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Houston General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology

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.