2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the 230th most popular major in the country with 1,167 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Plains States region, there were 110 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,800 and $24,625 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in atmospheric sciences and meteorology. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s meteorology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

KU also made our “Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Kansas Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Meteorology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 2 doctorate’s meteorology degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Iowa State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology

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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