2022 Best Value Meteorological Science Schools for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Meteorological Science Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 218 people earned their degree in meteorology, making the major the 808th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent meteorology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the meteorology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Meteorological Science Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree meteorological science students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Meteorology

#1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Meteorological Science Schools for a Master’s. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 9 masters’s meteorological science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Meteorology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Meteorology at University of Oklahoma

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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