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2023 Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Graduate Certificate School for You

Astronomy & Astrophysics is the #197 most popular major in the country with 371 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Astronomy & Astrophysics program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Florida Institute of Technology to be the most popular school for astronomy and astrophysics students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the small city of Melbourne, Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Astronomy & Astrophysics at Florida Institute of Technology Report

Out of the 3 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 2 spot on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

About 25% of the students majoring in astronomy at the school are women while 75% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Michigan Technological University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular astronomy and astrophysics schools in the United States. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

Full Astronomy & Astrophysics at Michigan Technological University Report

Astronomy & Astrophysics by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Astronomy & Astrophysics is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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