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2022 Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$10,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor's in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,167 people earned their degree in atmospheric sciences and meteorology, making the major the 230th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,050 and had an average of $25,463 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 12 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,656 and $26,705 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality atmospheric sciences and meteorology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the atmospheric sciences and meteorology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia bachelor’s degree meteorology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology (Income $30-$48k) in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s meteorology degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. It costs about $10,241 for georgia bachelor’s degree meteorology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Georgia.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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