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Astronomy & Astrophysics at Illinois Institute of Technology

Astronomy & Astrophysics at Illinois Institute of Technology

If you plan to study astronomy & astrophysics, take a look at what Illinois Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,325.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Astronomy & Astrophysics section at the bottom of this page.

Illinois Tech Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

Illinois Tech Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

The astronomy major at Illinois Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Astronomy & Astrophysics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Astronomy Student Demographics at Illinois Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the astronomy majors at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Illinois Tech Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of astronomy bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical astronomy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Illinois Tech since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its astronomy bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in astronomy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Astronomy & Astrophysics

The following astronomy concentations are available at Illinois Institute of Technology. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Illinois Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Astrophysics 4

Careers That Astronomy Grads May Go Into

A degree in astronomy 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 Illinois Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Natural Sciences Managers 1,950 $118,480
Physicists 810 $114,320
Physics Postsecondary Professors 640 $92,130
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 320 $80,660

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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