Best Schools for Meteorology in Virginia
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the meteorology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Meteorology
No school ranked higher than Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University this year for meteorology. This very large public university is located in the city of Blacksburg. The six-year graduation rate is 86%. There were roughly 39 meteorology students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their meteorology degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University earn around $43,494 in the first couple years of their career. Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University graduates carry a median of $23,500 in student loans.
More information about a degree in meteorology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
