by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Far Western US region, there were 157 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,668 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 8 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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The meteorology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 4 masters’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 Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region. UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s meteorology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s meteorology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region list. Naval Postgraduate School is a small school located in Monterey, California that handed out 3 masters’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s meteorology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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University of California - Los Angeles came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UCLA is a large public school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 12 masters’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
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University of California - Davis ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 9 masters’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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San Jose State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in San Jose, California, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s meteorology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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