by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 California, there were 82 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 31 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,974 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in California” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in California”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Naval Postgraduate School landed the #1 spot on the list. Monterey, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s meteorology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Naval Postgraduate School
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in California. UCLA is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 12 masters’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in California. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s meteorology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of California - Davis
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in California list. Located in San Jose, California, this large public school awarded 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.
Full San Jose State University Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report
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