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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$35,300 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 174 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,400 and $24,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree meteorology students.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology in the Great Lakes Region

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management landed the #1 spot on the list. Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a small public school situated in Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. It awarded 4 masters’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s meteorology students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 6 masters’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s meteorology degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Full UWM Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 5 masters’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, 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 95%.

Read more about Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s meteorology degrees to qualified students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Ohio State University - Main Campus

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