2024 Best Meteorology Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
95Meteorological Science Degrees Awarded
Meteorology isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #715 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of meteorology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 95 degrees in meteorology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The meteorological science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Meteorology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Meteorology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Meteorology in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the meteorological science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Meteorological Science
Virginia Tech is a great choice for students interested in a degree in meteorology. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 42 meteorology students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great choice for students interested in a degree in meteorology. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 13 meteorology students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in meteorology needs to check out Western Kentucky University. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 9 meteorology students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The meteorological science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Meteorology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Meteorology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
