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General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Purdue University - Main Campus

General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying general atmospheric sciences & meteorology, you may want to check out the program at Purdue University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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

Purdue General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Meteorology

Purdue General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Rankings

The general meteorology major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Meteorology Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of general meteorology bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

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About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general meteorology at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That General Meteorology Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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