by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the 227th most popular major in the country with 1,140 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,965 and had an average of $23,086 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 49 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,519 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in atmospheric sciences and meteorology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in atmospheric sciences and meteorology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree meteorology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region list. Located in Johnson, Vermont, this small public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s meteorology students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Northern Vermont University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region list. Plymouth, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s meteorology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region list. Danbury, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s meteorology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region list. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s meteorology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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