Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Western Kentucky University

Every atmospheric sciences and meteorology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the meteorology program at Western Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 meteorology majors received their bachelor's degree from WKU.

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.

WKU Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Meteorology

WKU Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Rankings

The meteorology major at WKU 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 WKU

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

WKU Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in meteorology from WKU. About 44% of these graduates were women and the other 56% were men. The typical meteorology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in meteorology at WKU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in meteorology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Physical Sciences
• Physics
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$110,070
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	70	$106,450

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.