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2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$37,566 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,400 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology School for You

Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the #201 most popular major in the country with 342 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for meteorology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the meteorology programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Atmospheric Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for atmospheric sciences and meteorology students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Madison are $38,608 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UW - Madison is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Wisconsin - Madison

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UIUC are $37,632 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #5 for overall quality for meteorology in the Great Lakes Region .

Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

$21,475 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the # 3 spot on the list. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UWM are $21,475 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great value for atmospheric sciences and meteorology students. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.

Ohio State undergraduate students pay an average of $35,019 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best atmospheric sciences and meteorology schools in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

U-M undergraduate students pay an average of $55,097 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, U-M also did well on our Best Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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

Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Colleges by State

Explore the best atmospheric sciences and meteorology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 15
Illinois 11
Ohio 5
Indiana 0
Wisconsin 8

One of 8 majors within the area of study, atmospheric sciences and meteorology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Meteorology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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