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Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,364 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wyoming in 2021, 7 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.

UW Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

UW Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

The astronomy major at UW 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 UW

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

UW Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

29% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The astronomy program at UW awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in astronomy at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in astronomy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UW 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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation Jobs in WY Average Salary in WY
Natural Sciences Managers 160 $95,120
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 40 $94,260

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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