Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Western Illinois University
WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology section at the bottom of this page.
WIU Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Meteorology
WIU Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Rankings
Meteorology Student Demographics at WIU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the meteorology majors at Western Illinois University.
Concentrations Within Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
If you plan to be a meteorology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
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Related Majors
Careers That Meteorology Grads May Go Into
A degree in meteorology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.
Occupation | Jobs in IL | Average Salary in IL |
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Natural Sciences Managers | 1,950 | $118,480 |
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors | 320 | $80,660 |
Atmospheric and Space Scientists | 180 | $71,400 |
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By IlliniGradResearch under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.