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2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$32,332 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Doctor's Degree School for You

Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the #234 most popular major in the country with 1,140 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for meteorology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for meteorology majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Atmospheric Sciences

#1

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Our analysis found Florida State University to be the best value school for atmospheric sciences and meteorology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Florida State graduate students pay an average of $26,707 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Florida State University

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GMU are $37,956 a year.

Full Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at George Mason University Report

Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Colleges by State

Explore the best atmospheric sciences and meteorology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 8
Virginia 54
North Carolina 37
Florida 67
Kentucky 12
South Carolina 2
Louisiana 5
Alabama 17
Mississippi 3

One of 8 majors within the area of study, atmospheric sciences and meteorology 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
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375

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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