Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Purdue University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a meteorology school? To help you decide if Purdue University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's meteorology program.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 9 of them were atmospheric sciences and meteorology majors.

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

Purdue Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Meteorology

Purdue Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Rankings

The meteorology major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology. 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.

Meteorology Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the meteorology majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in meteorology from Purdue. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical meteorology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in meteorology at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its meteorology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in meteorology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in meteorology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Physics
• Chemistry

Careers That Meteorology Grads May Go Into

A degree in meteorology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	130	$96,440
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	50	$97,520

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.