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2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$28,783 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

The Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for meteorology majors pursuing a .

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Atmospheric Sciences

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wyoming the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for atmospheric sciences and meteorology students. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UW undergraduate students pay an average of $16,957 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Wyoming Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado State are $31,470 a year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

The excellent programs at University of Colorado Boulder helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best atmospheric sciences and meteorology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CU - Boulder undergraduate students pay an average of $38,358 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CU - Boulder also is in the top 15% of our Best Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

Full Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Colorado Boulder Report

#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.

Full Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of Utah Report

Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Colleges by State

Explore the best atmospheric sciences and meteorology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 36
Utah 8
Wyoming 3

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

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 4 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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