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Astronomy at Northern Arizona University

Astronomy at Northern Arizona University

If you plan to study astronomy, take a look at what Northern Arizona University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year.

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

NAU Astronomy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomical Sciences

NAU Astronomy Rankings

The astronomical sciences major at NAU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Astronomy. 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.

Astronomical Sciences Student Demographics at NAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the astronomical sciences majors at Northern Arizona University.

NAU Astronomy Bachelor’s Program

13% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 88% of astronomical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its astronomical sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in astronomical sciences.

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

Careers That Astronomical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in astronomical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Natural Sciences Managers 1,060 $101,790
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 680 $100,900
Astronomers 230 $104,100

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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