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2023 Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Nevada

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Finding the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics School for You

In 2020-2021, 3 degrees and certificates were awarded to astronomy and astrophysics students who went to a Nevada college or university. This makes it the #156 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Nevada ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in Nevada to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Astronomy & Astrophysics program at each school on the list.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nevada - Las Vegas the most popular school in Nevada for astronomy and astrophysics students. UNLV is a very large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

Full Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 251
Washington 70
Hawaii 19
Alaska 0

One of 8 majors within the area of study, astronomy and astrophysics has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 values are for the top school 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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