by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 283 people earned their degree in meteorology, making the major the 715th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 95 meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in meteorology. That schools that top this list have a program in meteorology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree meteorological science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Tech is located in Melbourne, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s meteorological science degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s meteorological science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region. University of South Alabama is a public institution located in Mobile, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s meteorological science students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region list. UNC Charlotte is a public institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.
University of Miami landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s meteorological science degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
With a ranking of #7, College of Charleston did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorological Science Major in the Southeast Region list. C of C is a fairly large school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 2 bachelors’s meteorological science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
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