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Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Stony Brook University

Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Stony Brook University

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

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and has a total student population of 26,782.

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.

SUNY Stony Brook Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Meteorology

SUNY Stony Brook Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Rankings

The meteorology major at SUNY Stony Brook 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 SUNY Stony Brook

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the meteorology majors at Stony Brook University.

SUNY Stony Brook Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of meteorology bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical meteorology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at SUNY Stony Brook since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Stony Brook University with a bachelor's in meteorology.

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

Concentrations Within Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology

If you plan to be a meteorology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Stony Brook University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 7

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 NY, the home state for Stony Brook University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Natural Sciences Managers 1,360 $148,460
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 880 $108,020
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 460 $89,840

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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