by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for meteorology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 94 bachelor's degrees in meteorology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of meteorology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality meteorological science program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for meteorology students working on their bachelor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Meteorology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in meteorology.
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in meteorology needs to look into Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.More information about a bachelor’s in meteorology from Virginia Tech
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in meteorology has to take a look at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. UNC Charlotte is a very large public university located in the city of Charlotte.More information about a bachelor’s in meteorology from University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Western Kentucky University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in meteorology. WKU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bowling Green.More information about a bachelor’s in meteorology from Western Kentucky University
Explore the best meteorology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .
| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 492 | 15 |
| North Carolina | 453 | 13 |
| Virginia | 421 | 42 |
| South Carolina | 370 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 331 | 9 |
| Alabama | 320 | 13 |
Meteorology is one of 4 different types of Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology | 75 |
