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Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Georgia

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Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Georgia

Every astronomy and astrophysics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the astronomy program at University of Georgia stacks up to those at other schools.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147. Of the 8,870 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Georgia in 2021, 8 of them were astronomy and astrophysics majors.

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.

UGA Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

UGA Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

The astronomy major at UGA 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 UGA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the astronomy majors at University of Georgia.

UGA Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 8 astronomy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UGA, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical astronomy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UGA since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in astronomy at UGA 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 University of Georgia with a bachelor's in astronomy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Physics Postsecondary Professors 100 $85,300
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 60 $118,930
Physicists 50 $122,040

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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