by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 1,140 people earned their degree in atmospheric sciences and meteorology, making the major the 227th most popular in the United States. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 84 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in atmospheric sciences and meteorology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their atmospheric sciences and meteorology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Air Force Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in USAF Academy, Colorado, this small public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s meteorology students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 6 bachelors’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. University of Utah is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 9 bachelors’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Colorado Boulder
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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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