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Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas

2023 Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,221 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree School for You

Astronomy & Astrophysics is the #226 most popular major in Texas with 45 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Texas to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for astronomy students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for astronomy and astrophysics students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $11,752 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, astronomy majors at UT Austin accumulate an average of around $24,572 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for astronomy in Texas.

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#2

Baylor University

Waco, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Baylor are $50,232 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Baylor is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 55
Oklahoma 7
New Mexico 12

Astronomy & Astrophysics is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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