2023 Most Well Attended Meteorological Science Major in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Meteorological Science Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Meteorology is the 715th most popular major in the country with 283 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 16 meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Meteorological Science Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in meteorology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in meteorology.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Meteorological Science Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region meteorological science students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Meteorology in the New England Region

1

Northern Vermont University
Johnson, Vermont

$32,929 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,589 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Meteorological Science Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Johnson, Vermont, and it awarded 13 ’s meteorological science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Meteorology at Northern Vermont University

2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 overall quality in New England

$94,282 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,534 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Meteorological Science Major in the New England Region. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified ’s meteorological science students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Meteorology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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

• *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.